On 02/18/12 11:17, David Brodbeck wrote:
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Chris Hill<ch...@monochrome.org> 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.
I used to...I found it tended to result in more administration load
later, though, because the automated installer's (or my own!) guesses
for partition size are rarely entirely adequate. Then you end up
slapping in another disk, backing up and repartitioning, or
maintaining a symlink farm...
The default 512 MB root partition was always a particular pain point.
It's completely inadequate if you ever try to build a custom kernel
and want the option of falling back to the old one. It makes
distribution upgrades nearly impossible.
This has been fixed for some time now. The default for / (specifically
to fit 2 kernels and some) is now 1G. /var is now 4G.
Nowadays I tend to either use one big root or just root and home for
desktops. (having a separate home directory *is* nice for upgrades,
sometimes, but again you gotta guess right...) For servers I will
additionally split off /var, to limit the damage if logging runs amok.
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