Subject: Re: Rototil of sysinst partitioning code
To: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
From: Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com>
List: current-users
Date: 06/05/2003 13:57:43
Thus spake Frederick Bruckman ("FB> ") sometime Today...

FB> How could you possibly automate that calculation in such a way as to
FB> please everyone? You can't! The automatic sizing hardly ever made any
FB> sense. That's why david's move is long overdue. The suggested defaults
FB> are now what most folks would have done anyway, and rest of us know
FB> what to do. Thank's David! Now, please end this discussion.

This is why you:
	- ask which disk(s) to use
	- ask what configuration (software) the user wants
	- THEN determine sizing.

It's not totally trivial, but it's not rocket science, either.

				--*greywolf;
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