Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:12:38 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral Message-ID: <3B4B1B66.C011BF2B@softweyr.com> References: <20010706144935.A61843@xor.obsecurity.org> <3B4650D0.97F10B83@bellatlantic.net> <20010707002340.B16071@widomaker.com> <20010707004731V.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> <3B49F8D5.2C9BFA73@mindspring.com> <3B4A0124.26025FB5@iowna.com> <3B4A1423.E8E365E@mindspring.com> <86ofqth6p3.fsf@hades.hell.gr> <3B4A7D9C.A64230D9@softweyr.com> <3B4B07DE.4801D208@iowna.com>
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Bill Moran wrote:
>
> Wes Peters wrote:
>
> > Oh, come now. FreeBSD's disk partitioning has always sucked. It does suck
> > somewhat less than many Linux linstallers, and a lot less than the OpenBSD
> > installer, but it still shoves way too many details and options at the
> > average user. Something akin to PartitionMagic would be an ideal way to go,
> > given unlimited resources to throw against this particular problem.
>
> Now, I've never used partition magic, but I (personally) find the
> FreeBSD
> partition program in sysinstall to be the easiest one I've ever used.
> What should be changed to make it easier?
"How much of this disk do you want FreeBSD to use? ___%"
Was that really so difficult to imagine? Better yet, a nice graphical
view of the disk and the 4 possible entries in the partition table. Allow
the user to grab the ends of partitions we can manipulate and move them
around, either through keyboard navigation or with a mouse. Focus on the
task we're attempting to accomplish: slicing the disk into 1 to 4 differnt
logical parts, rather than on the crufty underlying details.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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