Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-23 Thread Sid Boyce
peter nikolic wrote: On Wednesday 23 May 2007, M9. wrote: I am just ready with the install of Alpha4... I changed everything i needed to: /boot from 30MB > 100MB / , 1GB, same /usr, from 3.5 > 4GB /var ,1GB, same, but added: /var/lib, 1GB,(lib was the cause:400MB) /opt, 2.5GB same, /tmp, 2GB,

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-23 Thread M9.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 peter nikolic schreef: > On Wednesday 23 May 2007, M9. wrote: > >> [snip] >> Now we'll see how long it lasts ;-) > > > Do i see a hangover from Slowaris there so many un-needed partitions just > clutzing the system up and to what gain a nano second

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-23 Thread peter nikolic
On Wednesday 23 May 2007, M9. wrote: > I am just ready with the install of Alpha4... > I changed everything i needed to: > > /boot from 30MB > 100MB > / , 1GB, same > /usr, from 3.5 > 4GB > /var ,1GB, same, but added: > /var/lib, 1GB,(lib was the cause:400MB) > /opt, 2.5GB same, > /tmp, 2GB, was 3

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-22 Thread Sid Boyce
M9. wrote: Sid Boyce schreef: M9. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Since reiser is accused of murdering his wife, nobody maintains the fs.. :-( Totally untrue. Many good reads on the subject out there. reiser2 is not being further developed, but the reiser4 team is very

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-22 Thread M9.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hans Witvliet schreef: > On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 19:31 +0200, M9. wrote: > >> Well, since some dirs, like /usr and /var vary from edition to edition, >> it is never clear what the size most optimal should be.. >> That is the point... >> If it was easy

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-22 Thread Hans Witvliet
On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 19:31 +0200, M9. wrote: > Well, since some dirs, like /usr and /var vary from edition to edition, > it is never clear what the size most optimal should be.. > That is the point... > If it was easy to rearrange the sizes, like with PQ PM, you could easily > adapt the size to t

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-22 Thread M9.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Vahis schreef: > M9. wrote: >> > >>> Final comment - if changes are made to the YaST partitioner, could I >>> propose a 'newbie' (simple) mode button: >>> defaults when set: swap plus single / ext3 partition; > > A separate /home is important IMHO.

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-22 Thread Vahis
M9. wrote: > > > Final comment - if changes are made to the YaST partitioner, could I > > propose a 'newbie' (simple) mode button: > > > defaults when set: swap plus single / ext3 partition; A separate /home is important IMHO. A suggestion to keep old home if there is one already when installin

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-22 Thread M9.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sid Boyce schreef: > M9. wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >> >> >> >> Since reiser is accused of murdering his wife, nobody maintains the >> fs.. :-( >>> > Totally untrue. Many good reads on the subject out there. rei

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-22 Thread Sid Boyce
M9. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 richard (MQ) schreef: Hans Witvliet wrote: As said, use LVM Used it fist time last week on a 32bits machine, not much experience with it, but some people advise me to use it, just like now. with lvm+reiser you can enlarge them on-t

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-22 Thread M9.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 richard (MQ) schreef: > PS - No need to cc me, I'm on the list. > Just pressed reply and cc'd mailinglist ;-) - -- Have a nice day, M9. Now, is the only time that exists. OS: Linux 2.6.18.8-03-default x86_64 Huidige gebru

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-22 Thread richard (MQ)
M9. wrote: > Used it fist time last week on a 32bits machine, not much experience > with it, but some people advise me to use it, just like now. >>> with lvm+reiser you can enlarge them on-the-fly, but have to unmount >>> them for shrinking > > How do you move a partition that is large enough? >

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-22 Thread M9.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 richard (MQ) schreef: > Hans Witvliet wrote: > >> As said, use LVM Used it fist time last week on a 32bits machine, not much experience with it, but some people advise me to use it, just like now. >> >> with lvm+reiser you can enlarge them on-the-f

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-21 Thread richard (MQ)
Hans Witvliet wrote: > As said, use LVM > > with lvm+reiser you can enlarge them on-the-fly, but have to unmount > them for shrinking Seconded, though my preference is for ext3 - downside is the annoying tendency to do a full check just when you least want it, but on the plus side it seems more

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-21 Thread Hans Witvliet
On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 17:25 +0200, M9. wrote: > We see that the suggestion to create a serious partitioner, like PQ > Partition Magic was not so bad at all. > I constantly run into problems, because it is much too difficult too > change the sizes of existing partitions. I would suggest using LVM!

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-21 Thread M9.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Patrick Shanahan schreef: > * M9. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05-21-07 14:07]: >> Beagle is a disaster, which keeps creating unreadable files, that no >> one will ever use again. Beagle is the example of the >> 'cluttermachine'.. in my vieuw.. > > No, it *

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-21 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* M9. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05-21-07 14:07]: > Beagle is a disaster, which keeps creating unreadable files, that no > one will ever use again. Beagle is the example of the > 'cluttermachine'.. in my vieuw.. No, it *is* handy, even if you have order. You must have an older version which had problem

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-21 Thread M9.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steffen Winterfeldt schreef: > On Mon, 21 May 2007, M9. wrote: > >> I can not understand that this is not understood;-) > > All I need is a system partition for the os and a large data partition for me > to create a mess. > >> Just imagine what happ

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-21 Thread Steffen Winterfeldt
On Mon, 21 May 2007, M9. wrote: > Well, since i have noticed the enormous difference in performance and > speed, i will allways use them, if possible. > I realy can not understand that this huge difference, between 1 large > partition and several smaller ones, is not noticed among you people.. >

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-21 Thread M9.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steffen Winterfeldt schreef: > > IIRC there was a project once (long past) for a standalone-partitioner > (based on parted, if I'm not mistaken). > > My personal opinion is that a really good partitioner is one of those > projects that will never

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-21 Thread Steffen Winterfeldt
On Mon, 21 May 2007, M9. wrote: > We see that the suggestion to create a serious partitioner, like PQ > Partition Magic was not so bad at all. > I constantly run into problems, because it is much too difficult too > change the sizes of existing partitions. > > Now, one has too back-up his/her hom

[opensuse-factory] Partitioner needs overhaul...

2007-05-21 Thread M9.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well, We see that the suggestion to create a serious partitioner, like PQ Partition Magic was not so bad at all. I constantly run into problems, because it is much too difficult too change the sizes of existing partitions. Now, one has too back-up hi