UNIX admin wrote: >> The factory installations of servers will soon (if >> not already) be >> coming out with the following root disk layout: >> >> Slice 0 15Gb / >> Slice 1 4Gb swap >> Slice 3 15Gb allocated for LU >> >> The remaining disk will be left free for the customer >> to partition as he >> sees fit. >> > > Do you believe this particular layout will be helpful to customers which buy > Sun hardware to use as a desktop/workstation? To be honest with you, I do > not. Most people aren't even aware that there is such a thing as "live > upgrade" in Solaris. >
Other than simply disagreeing, can you provide some reasons why this layout would unacceptable to users? It's exactly how my server at home is partitioned (albeit mirrored, and I've allocated the remaining space as slices which I've given to ZFS), and it's exactly how my laptop is partitioned, except that I used the remaining space for an /export partition. Nothing stops them from blowing away the LU partition if they choose not to use it. Nothing stops them from using the remaining space as they see fit. The real issue is that we don't have a nice groovy GUI based disk partition magic type thing that makes it easy for users to make these kinds of changes. (someone please pipe up and say we do, but I just don't know about it) > And as Solaris picks up volume with end users, not sysadmins, I believe that > the target audience has to be taken into account. I also believe, that > default layout above is fully inadequate for the target audience. > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3237 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/install-discuss/attachments/20070823/edebbfea/attachment.bin>
