Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:30:55 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Erich Dollansky <erich@alogreentechnologies.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: One or Four? Message-ID: <20120219023055.GA34544@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <201202190803.39548.erich@alogreentechnologies.com> References: <4F3ECF23.5000706@fisglobal.com> <4F3F8672.3090805@my.gd> <20120218213417.GB33662@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <201202190803.39548.erich@alogreentechnologies.com>
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On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 08:03:39AM +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > On Sunday 19 February 2012 04:34:17 Jerry McAllister wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 12:07:30PM +0100, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > > > > So, Polytropon's three choice pattern is good. Or, I could even > > suggest just two choices. > > > yes, three options is ok. > > > [ ] all in one + swap > > Create one partition containing all subtrees > > plus one swap partition. > > > > [ ] user-defined > > Make your own partitioning selection manually. > > (Both number and size of partitions) > > with a reasonable way to specify partitions and sizes. > > The old Sysinstall way is not bad, but if it obsolete, > > then something as easy that fits the new GPT based system. > > > A normal user will use the first option here and get screwed when the file system got affected by a power failure. The second option is not an option for a general user. > > > But, that middle choice that Polytropon suggested is OK to include > > if you think it is needed. /, /tmp, /usr, /var, [/home] +swap > > Yes, I strong urge you to leave this at least as an option. > Just with a larger / slice of 1 or better 2GB. > > > > I don't see that this plan adds any significant complication or confusion. > > Nor does it prevent any of the schemes people have been advocating or > > requesting. > > You seem to forget normal users who just want to use the system. > They do not think of recovery until it actually happens. We forgot nothing. They can just select option 1 and then later when something happens so learn otherwise, if they ever do, they will have option 3 to more specifically build their system according to their newly perceived needs. ////jerry > > Erich
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