[indiana-discuss] Default Partitions sizes

[Roger Marquis]

Dev Mazumdar wrote:
> My suggestion for Indiana is now that we have journaling turned
> on, why not have 1 swap partition = 2-4 x real memory and the
> rest allocated to root. We no longer need to worry about running
> out of disk space and having to install programs in other
> directories only to find out that they sometimes don't behave
> properly if they aren't installed in their "default" directory
> (usually /usr/local or /opt)

Excellent advice, though I would strive to get rid of /opt altogether (use
/usr/local).

Unnecessary partitioning used to be our number one source of tech support
calls.  Now they're almost unheard of.  Partitions are an historical
artifact from the days when the entire OS wouldn't fit on a single disk.
They have not been necessary or advisable since 1.3G and larger drives
became available back around 1993.  Even Sun, internally, gives their
employees and contractors single partition systems.  Users with a specific
application that needs its own partition will know how to create them.

Even more problematic are root mountpoints, but that's another thread.

-- 
Roger Marquis
Roble Systems Consulting
http://www.roble.com/