On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 05:16:31PM +0100, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 09:30:12AM -0600, Brian Conway wrote:
>
> > I'm hoping someone can enlighten me, as I think I'm misunderstanding
> > the man page.
> >
> > I'm using a simplified test case with a 12 GB disk and a template of
> > the following:
> > / 256M
> > swap 256M
> > /tmp 256M
> > /var 256M
> > /usr 5.5G-* 80%
> > /home 1G-* 20%
> >
> > Based on how I'm reading the man page, disklabel should first allocate
> > all the minimums, and then allocate the remaining free space evenly
> > between /usr and /home. It would first hit the 20% limit on /home
>
> nope, it will add 80% of the unallocated space to /usr and 20% to
> /home, neither of them has a maxium size.
>
> -Otto
This difff explaines it a bit better in the man page, I believe,
-Otto
Index: disklabel.8
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@@ -505,9 +505,9 @@ and are not modified during the allocati
Disk size determines the set of partitions which are created.
Each partition is allocated space between a specified minimum
and maximum.
-Each partition is allocated its minimum and remaining space
-is split between the partitions up to their maximum allowed space,
-which is a fixed percentage.
+Initially, each partition is allocated its minimum and remaining space
+is split between the partitions according to the given percentages,
+up to their maximum allowed space.
Space left after all partitions have reached their maximum size
is left unallocated.
The sizes below are approximations,
