Subject: Re: Default filesystem sizes
To: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
List: tech-install
Date: 06/22/1999 13:08:48
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David Brownlee wrote:

>     Suggestion 2:
> 
> 	Drop root and /usr altogether. In virtually every case its
> 	better off with one big root, root /usr, and /var, or something
> 	more custom.
> 
> 	The disk partitioning menu would have four options
> 
> 		[a] Toggle 'install with X'
> 		[b] Standard		(one big filesystem, plus swap)
> 		[c] Standard server	(/, swap, /usr, /var)
> 		[d] Custom 		(Uses defaults from [c]).

Could we insert a "[c] Standard with /var" as well?  I've seen a few
people mention that they use that sort of layout.

Otherwise looks good!

Simon.