One or Four?

[Chris Hill]

On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Polytropon wrote:

> Why not add a selection to the installer, something like
> this:
>
> 	Partition scheme
> 	----------------
>
> 	[ ] all in one + swap
> 	    Create one partition containing all subtrees
> 	    plus one swap partition.
>
> 	[ ] separate partitioning + swap
> 	    Create /, /var, /tmp and /usr (including home)
> 	    partitions plus one swap partition.
>
> 	[ ] user-defined
> 	    Make your own partitioning selection manually.
>
> Of course, the default SIZES for second choice should be
> reasonable.

I like it. This, or something very similar, seems to me like the best 
way to go.

I am not a professional sysadmin, but have been using FreeBSD since 
2.2.6. FWIW, I prefer the multi-partition approach for all the reasons 
already mentioned.


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Chris Hill               chris at monochrome.org
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