Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 04:35:04 -0500 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: Colin <cwass99@home.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sysinstall 'A'uto partitioning Message-ID: <v04210100b4ed183d570c@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20000308212542.cwass99@home.com> References: <XFMail.20000308212542.cwass99@home.com>
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At 9:25 PM -0500 3/8/00, Colin wrote: > I might be completely out in left field somewhere, but I don't >see that the defaults should be that important. We're discussing >what is fundamentally a server oriented system, and realistically >we have to assume some minimum level of understanding on the part >of the person(s) installing it. The experienced people doing server-oriented things are ignoring the current defaults anyway, so I don't see much harm in picking defaults that might save newbies a little grief. Even if it just saves them one complete rebuild during the "learning process", that seems like a good thing to me. "This is a server oriented OS for experienced administrators", and yet every experienced person here says "Oh, no, I NEVER use the defaults!". If they're not using the defaults, then let's not say that the defaults are set with those people in mind. I do agree with the idea that "no one size will fit all", and that we should have a small list of likely configs (with descriptive names) instead of trying to agree on one perfect partition breakdown. I would not agree with the idea that "this is a server-oriented OS, so we should have no discussion of how to make it easier for less experienced user to use". [disclaimer: I'm a bit tired here and running on caffeine, so I hope I'm not sounding too wired-up about this. I do realize people are working on ways to improve things without getting bogged down in trying to find a one-size-fits-all solution...] --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.acs.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or drosih@rpi.edu Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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