From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 17 22:05:31 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF42F106567A for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:05:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Dave.Robison@fisglobal.com) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 965C38FC18 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:05:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pps.filterd (ltcfislmsgpa06 [127.0.0.1]) by ltcfislmsgpa06.fnfis.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with SMTP id q1HLR4ma009702 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:05:30 -0600 Received: from smtp.fisglobal.com ([10.132.206.31]) by ltcfislmsgpa06.fnfis.com with ESMTP id 131wj90cp8-1 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:05:30 -0600 Received: from lefty.vicor.com (10.14.152.55) by smtp.fisglobal.com (10.132.206.31) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.1.323.3; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:05:29 -0600 Message-ID: <4F3ECF23.5000706@fisglobal.com> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:05:23 -0800 From: "Robison, Dave" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20110120 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: X-Originating-IP: [10.14.152.55] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.6.7361, 1.0.260, 0.0.0000 definitions=2012-02-17_04:2012-02-17, 2012-02-17, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:15:37 +0000 Subject: One or Four? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: david.robison@fisglobal.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:05:31 -0000 Hiya, A question has arisen with the implementation of bsdinstall in 9.x as opposed to sysinstall in 8.x and previous versions of FreeBSD. It has always been FreeBSD's default to create four partitions and swap as such: / /tmp /var /usr swap The recent changes in 9.x with bsdinstall use a default behavior which creates only one partition and swap, with everything living under a single "/" partition as such: / swap We'd like a show of hands to see if folks prefer the "old" style default with 4 partitions and swap, or the newer iteration with 1 partition and swap. This is not a discussion of MBR vs GPT. The default moving forward from 9.x will be to use GPT. We realize that one can use bsdinstall to create as many partitions as one wants. However, the new default is for one partition and swap. We want to know if people would prefer the older style default with four partitions and swap when selecting "Guided Partitioning" and "Use Entire Disk". Let the majority decide which layout is preferred for the default. Thanks, Dave -- Dave Robison Sales Solution Architect II FIS Banking Solutions 510/621-2089 (w) 530/518-5194 (c) 510/621-2020 (f) daver@vicor.com david.robison@fisglobal.com _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.