From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 19 01:30:40 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9970106564A for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:30:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erich@alogreentechnologies.com) Received: from alogreentechnologies.com (alogreentechnologies.com [67.212.226.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1F538FC16 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:30:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from amd620.ovitrap.com ([49.128.188.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by alogreentechnologies.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id q1J13gin025209; Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:03:44 -0700 From: Erich Dollansky Organization: ALO Green Technologies Pte Ltd To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 08:03:39 +0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (FreeBSD/8.2-STABLE; KDE/4.7.4; amd64; ; ) References: <4F3ECF23.5000706@fisglobal.com> <4F3F8672.3090805@my.gd> <20120218213417.GB33662@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20120218213417.GB33662@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201202190803.39548.erich@alogreentechnologies.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:54:49 +0000 Cc: Jerry McAllister , Damien Fleuriot Subject: Re: One or Four? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:30:41 -0000 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. Erich