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

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner..

2006-11-26 Thread Robby (M9.)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mauro Parra schreef: > Hallo, > > On 11/25/06, Pascal Bleser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> > The partitioners we have are inferior, you have to admit that. >> >> Inferior to what ? >> Not to a

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner..

2006-11-26 Thread Robby (M9.)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pascal Bleser schreef: > Robby (M9.) wrote: >> How to change the size of a partition, fi /home? >> Partitions can only resized if not mounted... > > Depends. > They can be resized online when you're using LVM and reiserfs (or XFS, > but you can only

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner..

2006-11-25 Thread Mauro Parra
Hallo, On 11/25/06, Pascal Bleser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > The partitioners we have are inferior, you have to admit that. Inferior to what ? Not to any Linux distribution I know of. See Mandrake installer. The partition tool is totally swee

Re: [opensuse-factory] Partitioner..

2006-11-25 Thread Pascal Bleser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robby (M9.) wrote: > How to change the size of a partition, fi /home? > Partitions can only resized if not mounted... Depends. They can be resized online when you're using LVM and reiserfs (or XFS, but you can only grow XFS partitions, not shrink them

[opensuse-factory] Partitioner..

2006-11-25 Thread Robby (M9.)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 How to change the size of a partition, fi /home? Partitions can only resized if not mounted... @volker: we seem to be part of the competition, since we are sold, but that doesn't matter.. The partitioners we have are inferior, you have to admit that.