Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice
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On 06/29/2010 04:02 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wanted to reinstall Debian on an older PC where I had installed RH
> some months ago. I had numerous problems because of RH (I don't like RH
> at all, actually).
>
> I often install Debian on different computers, but I noticed, this time
> (I'm using a netinst, as always), that, as always, in the partitioning,
> it asks for `what you want to mount where.' That is, you can choose, for
> every partition, the `mount point.'
>
> First, I always found the `mount point' expression weird in this
> context, because, for me, the mount point _is_ always the partition,
> during the installation, but this is not the problem.
>
> The biggest problem is that you are able to choose between, say, `/',
> `/var/', '/usr/', `/home/', etc. But, without thinking a lot, `/'
> *habitually* contains the rest. So, mounting say `/' on hda1, and
> `/home/' on hdb1 could appear as weird for the user, at first glance (only).
>
> What do you think about this? (I'm known for my outlandish ideas, so,
> don't be angry if I'm wrong.)
>
IIRC the "guided partitioning" recommends a single / partition for new
users. What would you suggest is changed?
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