Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 109465
'Server' install type does not create appropriate partitions
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:33 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) Description of problem: OK. Call me old fashioned... I expected the 'Server' install type to create the 'usual' partitions in addition to /boot, / (root) and swap. In the interests of operational safety I will manually create /var, /usr, /home and maybe /tmp. In the interests of newcomers please consider adding additional partitions to the defaults for a server-type installation. Regards -DG Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora core v1 release How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Take ingredients (computer, unpartitioned HDD (8.5GB), Fedora Core Install CDs) 2.Follow instructions, selecting 'Automatically Partition' at the Disk Partitioning event 3.Check 'Review (and modify....) 4. Next -> Actual Results: /dev/hds is offerd with the minimal partitioning scheme appropriate to a 'desktop' or workstation installation ie: /boot / (root) swap Expected Results: For a 'Server' installation I would expect (ie: Ã la RH 7.3) /boot / (root) swap + /var /usr /home and maybe /tmp /opt Additional info:
This is intentional. If you ask ten people how to partition, you'll get at least seven different answers. Thus, we give a basic default and default to reviewing (and thus the ability to add partitions as you wish) on a server install.
I take your point, Jeremy. But I foresee newbies (and not-so-newbies) struggling with trashed servers, that they've come to rely on, 6 months down the line. -DG