2008/3/10 Benjamin Kreuter <ben.kreuter@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Monday 10 March 2008 09:33:12 Paul W. Frields wrote: > > > > 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. > > As much as I hate to say it, I have to side with Valent on this one. It does > make sense to have the default layout create a separate / and /home partition > layout, especially in LVM where these can be resized later. I can't really > take a guess at what the ratio should be, but 10-20GB for / would suffice for > the default install (20 seems excessive, but there is no real way to tell). > > Perhaps we could create a new option, like "Recommended layout for desktops," > that uses a reasonable estimate of what the partition layout should be. If a > user wants to change that, they can (and they can always "review and modify" > the partition layout), and they can always resize later if they need to. New > users are often unsure of what the partition layout is, and unfortunately, > they often fail to read the install guide. > > Or perhaps we could just throw in an easy to read, unambiguous message on the > download page, to the effect of, "New users, read this before installing." > > -- Benjamin Kreuter > > > > -- > Message sent on: Mon Mar 10 09:41:31 EDT 2008 > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > +1 -- 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
