One or Four?

[Devin Teske]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Jerry McAllister
> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 1:34 PM
> To: Damien Fleuriot
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: One or Four?
> 
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 12:07:30PM +0100, Damien Fleuriot wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > On 2/17/12 11:05 PM, Robison, Dave wrote:
> > > Hiya,
> > [snip]
> > > We realize that one can use bsdinstall to create as many partitions as
> > > one wants. However, the new default is for one partition and swap. We
> > > want to know if people would prefer the older style default with four
> > > partitions and swap when selecting "Guided Partitioning" and "Use Entire
> > > Disk".
> > >
> > > Let the majority decide which layout is preferred for the default.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> >
> > Seeing as people using the default are likely to be novices, I vote in
> > favor of ONE.
> >
> > The reasoning being that novices are less likely to be able to correctly
> > size their /usr and /var than a seasoned sysadmin.
> 
> So, we have now had scads of 'discussion' about schemes for disk
> partitioning and there were a bunch, plus arguments about which is
> the best with each person convinced that theirs is.
> 
> As far as I can see, this all leads to the conclusion that the one
> design that gives a reasonable and simple set of choices for all fits
> the FreeBSD model  that of providing a well made system and allowing
> the user/sysadmin to configure it the way [s]he wants/needs rather than
> imposing a common usage on everyone.   Next we'll be arguing about which
> windows manager is mandatory for users to include at install time.
> 
> So, Polytropon's three choice pattern is good.   Or, I could even
> suggest just two choices.
> 
>      [ ] 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.
> 
> But, that middle choice that Polytropon suggested is OK to include
> if you think it is needed.  /, /tmp, /usr, /var, [/home] +swap
> 

Choosing the "2 option scheme" which removes the "legacy option" in my mind is
not an option.

It's "3 option scheme" (which includes the server/legacy option) or revert back
to the legacy scheme (period).
-- 
Devin

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