Am Donnerstag, 16. März 2006 13:38 schrieb Andreas Jaeger: > Marcel Hilzinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Am Donnerstag, 16. März 2006 13:09 schrieb Andreas Jaeger: > >> David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > Just a word of warning regarding the new default partition sizes > >> > suggested by YaST. I have a 10GB root partition on my laptop and just > >> > went to install IBM Rational Software Architect. The install files > >> > take up around 2.5GB of space and the installed program itself takes > >> > another 2GB (I eliminated some of the options I didn't need) > >> > >> We could change the parameter for the calculation, currently we use 10 > >> GB as maximal size for root - but this is just one parameter to > >> change... > >> > >> So, what do others think? > > > > You can change the upper limit to 20 GB I think. New machines often have > > harddisk with 250 or more GB. Also games like Doom or Quake need more > > than 2 GB! > > > > And: shrinking a big root partition later is easier, than growing it :-) > > Makes sense. > > Bug #158608 - will be fixed for RC1, > > Andreas
Thanks Andreas, that was a quick reaction! ;-) I only posted to make people aware that the default might be a little small for some people, I hadn't expected such a big discussion. :-} Dave -- "I got to go figure," the tenant said. "We all got to figure. There's some way to stop this. It's not like lightning or earthquakes. We've got a bad thing made by men, and by God that's something we can change." - The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
