One or Four?

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

On Sunday 19 February 2012 09:30:55 Jerry McAllister wrote:
> 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.

where do they get the knowledge from?

Erich