Bug#511259: debian-installer: Guided partitioner should show or allow mods to partition sizes
Package: debian-installer
Version: Lenny RC1
Severity: wishlist
I've used the Lenny RC1 guided partitioner on two laptops to make an
encrypted LVM and chosen separate /home partition on each. On a 320GB
drive it allocated only 6.6 GB for / and on a 100GB drive it appears it
will allocate 7.0 GB for /. I would have preferred more space for
the root filesystem. The user is not told these decisions prior
to accepting the initial partitioning step. At a minimum, these numbers
should be shown prior to acceptance of the initial partitioning step.
Even better would be to have them shown and to allow the user to modify
them up or down to suit their preferences. I know that manual
partitioning is provided, but an ever-so-slightly modified Guided
partitioning would be even more user friendly.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.27.3-081024 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
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