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Subject:Re: One or Four?
From:Chris Hill (chr@monochrome.org)
Date:Feb 17, 2012 3:49:08 pm
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-questions

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.