Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:22:12 -0500 From: Stephen Cook <sclists@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: One or Four? Message-ID: <4F40A324.5090103@gmail.com> 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 2/18/2012 8:03 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > 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. > 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. I don't know if I count as a *normal* user but here's my two cents: Some of you think it isn't a good idea to put everything on one partition. I'm not yet ready to manually set them up. Every time I get into it I read tens of articles and blogs and they all boil down to "it depends". So some middle-ground "this guy is willing to learn but can't set it up optimally, and doesn't want a bad config because he is still somewhat confused" option should be available, and possibly labeled as such. -- Stephen
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