On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Brendan Conoboy 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! > > Most partitioning decisions are about controlling the sizes separately > or when you want to put different operations like the logging or > database files in /var and user files in /home on different physical > drives to eliminate head contention. You might want to separate both of > those from the OS files and swap, but using different partitions on the > same drive (and probably LVM) just makes the seeks take longer. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx > I saw few times that some users put too much stuff in their home folder and fill their HDD until there was 0 free space, and their machines didn't boot after that - separate /home fixes that. I'm talking about Live CD and desktop users. 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
