From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 10 9: 0:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from imo-d08.mx.aol.com (imo-d08.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2375137B406 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:00:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Bsdguru@aol.com) Received: from Bsdguru@aol.com by imo-d08.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v30.22.) id n.17.1841da86 (25308) for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:00:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Bsdguru@aol.com Message-ID: <17.1841da86.287c809d@aol.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:00:29 EDT Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral To: hackers@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 139 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a message dated 07/10/2001 11:14:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, wes@softweyr.com writes: > "How much of this disk do you want FreeBSD to use? ___%" > > Was that really so difficult to imagine? Better yet, a nice graphical > view of the disk and the 4 possible entries in the partition table. Allow > the user to grab the ends of partitions we can manipulate and move them > around, either through keyboard navigation or with a mouse. Focus on the > task we're attempting to accomplish: slicing the disk into 1 to 4 differnt > logical parts, rather than on the crufty underlying details. > You are assuming the "average user" understands how much to allocate for root, usr, var and swap, which they dont. But you can certainly make suggestions based on the available space. An important question is: are you designing this for unix gurus, or for the guy in the bookstore that wants to use FreeBSD? (or a windows guy who doesnt understand unix partition concepts?). Is your goal to make it easier for the unix guy to install freebsd, or to expand the market by making FreeBSD usable by the less-than-clueful computer professional? Bryan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message