-----Original Message----- From: owne...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- ques...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Jerry McAllister Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 1:34 PM To: Damien Fleuriot Cc: free...@freebsd.org Subject: Re: One or Four?

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 12:07:30PM +0100, Damien Fleuriot wrote:

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