Re: Corel/Debian Linux Installer
It should be a choice presented to the user during installation.
Give them a few options such as "Partition Drive(s) (For Advanced
Users)",
or "Use Recommended Partition Table", which will basically be a swap
partition and just a plain ole "/" partition which will be fine for most
people in most cases. The swap partition size can also be either
specified by user or set to double the machines RAM (from what I
understand, this is the best choice) in another menu. Remember,
Corel is marketing to the average Joe user and also aims at the
desktop market. But they should also include the options for
the advanced users to take advantage of their knowledge. Average
Joe User doesnt care about partitions, nor should they have to.
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Aaron Faby
aaron@yourlink.net
System Administrator/Technical Support
Yourlink, Inc.
Decklin Foster wrote:
>
> ncc@cs.mcgill.ca (Nick Cabatoff) writes:
>
> > * Even if it's a workstation, it may not be maintained by the person
> > who sits at it, and it may have more than one account on it. A user
> > shouldn't be able to incapacitate it, which may well occur when /tmp
> > or /var gets filled.
>
> In this case, the person who sets up the box is will probably know how
> to use (c)fdisk. We don't need to start making decisions for people; I
> really don't think it's wise for someone to split up their drive
> unless they understand *why* they would want to do so. just my $0.02.
>
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