On 2014-09-10, John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> wrote: > > That has been obsolete for at least a decade and may never have applied > to Linux. IIRC it had to do with specific characteristics of BSD > kernels. Then why do the (net)installer(s) apply an obsolete principle when you accept a/the default partioning scheme(s) (well, at least the Squeeze netinstaller I used way back when did so).