Ian Collins wrote: > James Carlson wrote: > > >> Sarah Jelinek writes: >> >> >> >>>> OK, so what is the default filesystem layout going to look like? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Like this, sizes dependent on disk size >>> >>> [x] / >>> [ ] /opt >>> [ ] /usr >>> [ ] /usr/openwin >>> [ ] /var >>> [X] swap >>> >>> Everything under / fs except swap and we create an /export/home >>> filesystem as well. >>> >>> >>> >> As long as we're (apparently) dealing with UFS-root, could you reserve >> a slice for LU as well? (Bonus points if you can configure LU >> automagically.) >> >> >> >> > If the user selects too many file systems (say /, /var and /usr) there > is a real risk of run out out of slices for LU. > > In the case of the Solaris Express, Developer Edition, they can't choose filesystems. So, setting up an LU partition would likely succeed. In general though I agree with you. > Wouldn't it be better to only offer swap, / and /export/home with a > check box for extra partitions and LU? > That is what we are planning. Maybe my diagram above isn't clear.. We are only offering swap, / and we automatically create /export/home. > Adding LU support from the install is a great idea, many new users only > discover it after they have installed. But it does get complicated with > too many filesystems. > > Agreed. I do think we need to set this up at install time to make it easier for our users. With ZFS the notion of too many filesystems is a non-issue. Zpool space is an issue but not slice space. So, we have some more flexibility with ZFS.
thanks, sarah **** > Ian > >
