2008/3/10 Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Mon, 2008-03-10 at 14:19 +0100, Valent Turkovic wrote: > > 2008/3/10 Jesse Keating <jkeating@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > > On Mon, 2008-03-10 at 13:34 +0100, Valent Turkovic wrote: > > > > Is that on purpose and if it why? > > > > > > Guessing how much space you'll need in your non /home partitions over > > > time is difficult. Only you know how your install will be used. That's > > > why the installer defaults to the easiest thing to guess; How much boot > > > space you'll need, and how much swap space. However since you know how > > > your install is going to be used, you are best to make those estimations > > > and setup your /home as you want it. > > > > > > -- > > > Jesse Keating > > > Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours? > > > > Fedora Live CD target audience are desktop users, right? I as a > > desktop user haven't seen any need for / partiton over 8-10 GB. > > Servers, and other fedora usages may need some other partition schemes > > but a default home user has huge benefits from a dedicated /home > > partition. > > > > It is probable that new users aren't aware that /home partition as a > > dedicated partition has advantages and it would be best if anaconda > > makes the "smart" partition scheme in which /home is a separate > > partition in LVM volume, or a logical partition. Separate home has > > lots of advantages that you are aware of, so why not just change the > > partition scheme to take advantage of that? > > Those users could read the Installation Guide, which talks about this > exact situation and how to set up partitions that make sense. I don't > think it's unreasonable to expect that new users who are going to > install should read the document that tells them how to do it. There's > not a lot we can do for people who won't read. Where on the Live CD can I see the Installation Guide? Valent. -- http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/ linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
