On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 09:01:29PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 08:00:12PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 07:50:15PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > I am curious, why in hell do you want to put these partitions under /mnt > > > and > > > not under / directly ? > > > > That one is actually a relic from pre-LVM times when it was hard to > > repartition, and partitions didn't have a useable label. > > > > The advantage is that you can quite easily symlink disk space from one > > of the mounted partitions somewhere else without having the borrowed > > space show up in the file system tree where you won't expect it > > (/usr/var, *yuck*), and that you can easily see what kind of > > filesystem you have when it's not mounted where it belongs. > > Well, ok, but this probably means that there is no reason to use this strange > setup in anything installed with d-i, is it now ?
Well, when you're responsible for more than a handful machines, it is generally a Good Thing[tm] to have them set up all the same. > Oh, and BTW, install with debconf priority medium or less, and you will be > dropped to the main menu after partman. Where can I control debconf priority with d-i? It didn't ask me today. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
