On Wed, 19 Aug 1998 11:50:42 EDT  Alex wrote:

> : > ... or sysinst could have included /home in the standard partition layout.
> : 
> : That's putting _far_ too much policy into sysinst than I would like to
> : see.
> 
> Leaving the user in control is the right thing.  OTOH, inexperienced
> system administrators may not be cognizant of the issues.  How about
> adding a routine to sysinst such that if the user creates a / of
> roughlly the default suggested size or less, and a /usr of whatever
> ix left after / and swap*, sysinst asks the user:
> 
>      Warning / may be too small a partition to usefully hold user 
>      home directories.  Would you like to make /home a symbolic link 
>      to /usr/home (y/n)?

Maybe better is to offer another choice on the "Choose your
installation" menu.  Currently we have:

	Standard
	Standard with X (standard with bigger swap)
	Custom (user definable)

Adding "Standard with X and home directories" might be another valid
option, and in that path, the default is /home, and you can then specify
another path, where to symlink, etc...

Simon.