Subject: Re: partition sizes?
To: <>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/20/1998 11:30:20
On Wed, 19 Aug 1998 11:50:42 EDT Alex wrote:
> : > ... or sysinst could have included /home in the standard partition layout.
> :
> : That's putting _far_ too much policy into sysinst than I would like to
> : see.
>
> Leaving the user in control is the right thing. OTOH, inexperienced
> system administrators may not be cognizant of the issues. How about
> adding a routine to sysinst such that if the user creates a / of
> roughlly the default suggested size or less, and a /usr of whatever
> ix left after / and swap*, sysinst asks the user:
>
> Warning / may be too small a partition to usefully hold user
> home directories. Would you like to make /home a symbolic link
> to /usr/home (y/n)?
Maybe better is to offer another choice on the "Choose your
installation" menu. Currently we have:
Standard
Standard with X (standard with bigger swap)
Custom (user definable)
Adding "Standard with X and home directories" might be another valid
option, and in that path, the default is /home, and you can then specify
another path, where to symlink, etc...
Simon.