On Sb, 15 sep 12, 04:36:36, Weaver wrote: > > Partitioning: Entire disc selected. Separate /home selected. > In my opinion, the third option of separate /usr, /var, /tmp/ /home here > are wasted, as anybody that is going for that sort of option set are > probably going to go for the more fine-grained approach the 'Expert > Install' option caters to. Agreed. How about a wishlist bug against d-i? > Computed Partitions. > > / = 10 GB – Bootable ext3 – I would probably go for a little more than > this, because the newbie appetite wants to try out everything! koffice, > libreoffice, calligra, gnomeoffice along with gnumeric and abiword to see > what they look like and make a preferred selection. Likewise with every > single video player, music player, browser and mail client. They'll pare > everything down after the first six months when decisions are made, but > they need plenty of room initially. I'd be looking at at least 12.5 GB. > Worked out on the percentage of drive space, of course. Is this a guess or did you actually calculate the installed size? > /swap = 4.1 GB which fits nicely with the 2 GB of RAM. > /home =105.9 GB ext3. > > I wondered at ext3 being the default, instead of ext4, but that may well > be just the time slot that squeeze fitted into. This and the fact that Debian people are quite conservative when switching defaults. I hope it is (going to be) changed for wheezy, didn't check though. [...] > Here's an example – rough, not at all polished: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Partitioning > Partitions are allocated areas on your hard drive, set by the installer, > where different parts of your working operating system reside. I'd remove "set by the installer" since the user might have done that. > The root (/) partition is where all your programmes will be installed and > must be bootable so that your operating system is accessible after > installation. Ok. > The swap partition is an area on your hard drive where process exchange > takes place when your system is working. It is the equivalent of 'Virtual > Memory'. Still very technical, and why the reference to Virtual Memory? Let me take a shot: The swap partition is a scratch area on your hard drive used by the operating system. > The home (/home) partition is where all your personal and professional > data will be kept. Ok. > By selecting any of these – arrow keys and 'enter', you can adjust the > size of them to suit your particular needs. This automatic partitioning > would probably be most suitable for initial use, however you will still be > able to adjust their size in the future if needed. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mmm, the last sentence seems to imply that re-partitioning is easy, which it is not, especially in such a setup. As said before, I'd rather go for all in one partition, which solves the / size problem above and won't require repartitioning later. > There is absolutely no need to get into $ cat /etc/fstab at this point in > time. Or separate /boot partitions, or any other complexity. They'll get > to that later. What is required now is to convey the simplest of pictures, > but still convey the required information and only the required > information. This provides information, orientation and a jumping off > point for further advancement, without the confusion born of complexity. Agreed. > So, onward we go.... [...] > There might, from a newbie perspective, need to be a short note at the > proxy configure stage. What's a proxy? I'd go for an addition like: "If you don't know what a proxy is just leave this blank". Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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