From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 9 1:35:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mail.rpi.edu (mail.rpi.edu [128.113.100.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8276A37B5B3 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2000 01:35:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from drosih@rpi.edu) Received: from [128.113.24.47] (gilead.acs.rpi.edu [128.113.24.47]) by mail.rpi.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id EAA743274; Thu, 9 Mar 2000 04:34:47 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: drosih@mail.rpi.edu Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 04:35:04 -0500 To: Colin , "Jordan K. Hubbard" From: Garance A Drosihn Subject: Re: Sysinstall 'A'uto partitioning Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 9:25 PM -0500 3/8/00, Colin wrote: > I might be completely out in left field somewhere, but I don't >see that the defaults should be that important. We're discussing >what is fundamentally a server oriented system, and realistically >we have to assume some minimum level of understanding on the part >of the person(s) installing it. The experienced people doing server-oriented things are ignoring the current defaults anyway, so I don't see much harm in picking defaults that might save newbies a little grief. Even if it just saves them one complete rebuild during the "learning process", that seems like a good thing to me. "This is a server oriented OS for experienced administrators", and yet every experienced person here says "Oh, no, I NEVER use the defaults!". If they're not using the defaults, then let's not say that the defaults are set with those people in mind. I do agree with the idea that "no one size will fit all", and that we should have a small list of likely configs (with descriptive names) instead of trying to agree on one perfect partition breakdown. I would not agree with the idea that "this is a server-oriented OS, so we should have no discussion of how to make it easier for less experienced user to use". [disclaimer: I'm a bit tired here and running on caffeine, so I hope I'm not sounding too wired-up about this. I do realize people are working on ways to improve things without getting bogged down in trying to find a one-size-fits-all solution...] --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.acs.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or drosih@rpi.edu Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message