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| From | Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Specifying dedicated partions during install - pros/cons? |
| Date | 2021-08-29 15:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <CRt2N-E8-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On 08/28/2021 02:33 PM, songbird wrote:
> David Wright wrote:
>> On Sat 28 Aug 2021 at 10:34:34 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
>>> During the partitioning phase of the install process, the user is
>>> given the option of creating dedicated partitions. I chose to do it
>>> for /home and swap {depending on machine I may also have a dedicated
>>> project partition}.
>>>
>>> That the partition phase presents a menu of ~10 choices indicates the
>>> Debian team considers this an significant feature.
>>>
>>> Where would I find a discussion of why the particular items rated
>>> inclusion on the menu?
>>
>> Do you mean this?
>>
>> ┌────────────────┤ [!!] Partition disks ├────────────────┐
>> │ │
>> │ Mount point for this partition: │
>> │ │
>> │ / - the root file system │
>> │ /boot - static files of the boot loader │
>> │ /home - user home directories │
>> │ /tmp - temporary files │
>> │ /usr - static data │
>> │ /var - variable data │
>> │ /srv - data for services provided by this system │
>> │ /opt - add-on application software packages │
>> │ /usr/local - local hierarchy │
>> │ Enter manually │
>> │ Do not mount it │
>> │ │
>> │ <Go Back> │
>> │ │
>> └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
>>
>> What's to discuss? They're all there, those that are sensible.
>> Which would you consider for exclusion from this list?
>> Or are you suggesting they've missed one? What?
My primary question was
"Why were those particular directories mentioned?"
Implied question
"Should I be using a dedicated partition for any of them?"
I think songbird answered that.
>
> aren't these historically relevant possible choices for someone
> doing an expert install?
>
> to find out where they come from you would have to go back
> into the early years of unix and then read forwards to see
> if you can find where the newer one(s) were added (srv seems
> to have been added after the web and web services came along).
>
>
>> [SNIP]
>
> songbird
My use-case may give me a viewpoint with similarities to early Unix
adopters. I have a laptop dedicated to personal experiments installing
Debian.
Why? Because one design goal of the Debian team is to have a *default*
install providing a "good" system to the maximum number of users. I find
some choices made to be very annoying. My reaction is taking full
advantage of another Debian design goal - to have a fully custom
installation done "my way" ;}!
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Specifying dedicated partions during install - pros/cons? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-08-28 18:00 +0200
Re: Specifying dedicated partions during install - pros/cons? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-08-28 18:40 +0200
Re: Specifying dedicated partions during install - pros/cons? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-08-28 21:40 +0200
Re: Specifying dedicated partions during install - pros/cons? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-08-29 15:30 +0200
Re: Specifying dedicated partions during install - pros/cons? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2021-08-29 16:40 +0200
Re: Specifying dedicated partions during install - pros/cons? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-08-30 13:50 +0200
Re: Specifying dedicated partions during install - pros/cons? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2021-08-29 17:20 +0200
Re: Specifying dedicated partions during install - pros/cons? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-08-31 16:10 +0200
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