houghi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 01:32:19PM +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>> 
>> This is my comment on the following feature:
>> http://www.opensuse.org/Feature_Wishlist#Separate_partitions_for_.2Froot_and_.2Fhome_directories_as_installation_default
>> 
>> The problem here is that we would need an algorithm that does this in
>> the proper way.  Here're some questions:
>> * How large should / be in comparison to /home?  
>> * Should /  have x % of the free space?
>> * What is the minimal size of / ?
>> * What is the minimal size of /home ?
>> If somebody comes up with an algorithm and people agree that it's the
>> right way to go, then I'll talk to our yast folks and try to get it
>> implemented at some time.
>
> I will go out on a limb here. The reasoning I followed was that I rather
> have / a bit too large. If needed, I can add a directory to / and a
> symlink to ~/
>
> 1) No seperation when the HD is smaller then 30 GB
> 2) A minimum of 10 GB for /
> 3) A maximmum of 20 GB for /
> 4) /home to / should be 2:1 

Sounds like an algorithm to me.  What do other suggest?  Houghi, could
you add this to the wiki?

> Some examples:
> Total /       /home
> 20GB  20GB    --
> 25GB  10GB    15GB
> 30GB  10GB    20GB
> 40GB  13GB    27GB
> 60GB  20GB    40GB
> 120GB 20GB    100GB

Thanks,
Andreas
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