Bug#69151: provide advice about partitions to create and their sizes
> Package: boot-floppies
> Version: 2.2.16-2000-07-20
> Severity: wishlist
>
>
> Once you've chosen a disk to partition, you are unceremoniously
> dumped into pdisk, without any instructions as to how the program
> works or what you should do.
>
> It would be nice if there were some information about the number
> and size of partitions the user should create (how would a new
> user have any idea that they need at least two partitions -- root
> and swap, and that those partitions have to be special types, or
> have special names?), as well as a quick overview of the commands
> available within pdisk (especially how to get help, how to save
> the partitions they've created, and the fact that you can quit
> pdisk *without* disturbing your existing partitions!). It would
> be even better, of course, if the partitioning tool were more
> user-friendly, but the installer should try to make up for the
> weaknesses of the tools where necessary.
I'd like to refuse this request since it only blows up the boot
floppies. It's all written in the installation manual, isn't it?
Speaking of pdisk, the powerpc partitioner, documenting it should
be done in the documentation as well.
Regards,
Joey
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