Bug#708424: d-i manual: Partitioning for Debian - confusing phrase
Hi,
Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> wrote:
> Lennart Sorensen, le Fri 17 May 2013 11:10:46 -0400, a écrit :
> > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 01:59:51AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > > Holger Wansing, le Wed 15 May 2013 19:41:11 +0200, a écrit :
> > > > I just read something in the d-i manual in
> > > > Appendix C. Partitioning for Debian (see
> > > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apcs01.html.en), which is
> > > > confusing:
> > > > Shortened to some words, it's like this:
> > > >
> > > > Debian needs at least one partition for itself.
> > > > But you should probably spent some more partitions for Debian.
> > > > You should at least create a root partition.
> > > > ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Huh? You should create a root partition, but you don't have to?
> > > > That's wrong.
> > > > I would have prepared a patch, but I'm unsure what was really meant
> > > > here.
> > >
> > > I don't see why it should be "must" here, indeed.
> >
> > I doesn't have to be a root partition. Could be a root LV on LVM,
> > and a number of other things too.
>
> Ok, but you must create a root something.
sorry, I cannot follow you here.
What *I* meant was: it is suggested to create some more partitions,
but this is *optional*. while having a root partition is *not* optional.
Ahh, wait: probably I have mixed up "root partition" and "root filesystem"?
The d-i manual chapter in question mentions "root partition", and I have
interpreted this as "the partition which holds the root-filesystem".
But probably the "root partition" is something different?
Maybe this should be made clearer in the manual?
Holger
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