On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Brendan Conoboy <blc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Benjamin Kreuter wrote: > > 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. > > People can always resize / later and add a /home. Every system needs a > / but not every system needs a /home. Is there a strong technical > reason for a default /home? Would that same reason also apply toward a > separate /usr and /var and /var/tmp? Please, lets not get nostalgic for > SunOS 4 partitioning! Novice users aren't aware what benefits /home partition offers, so this would be much better if done by default. If they get their system broken and their data and settings are in a safe location in a separate /home partition they can easily reinstall fedora. I see this often working with users new to fedora. SunOS4? I never even saw that, what are you talking about? I'm just looking this from practical point of view. I explained why separate /home and not other partitions like /var and others... did you read my initial post? 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
