[install-guide] modernizing partitioning requirements and guidelines

[Pete Travis]

commit dc513c2bb56fbebb3de47f20e91beae63037ffc1
Author: Pete Travis <immanetize at fedoraproject.org>
Date:   Fri Dec 20 23:02:35 2013 -0700

    modernizing partitioning requirements and guidelines

 en-US/Advice_on_Partitions.xml                     |    8 ++++----
 .../Disk_Partitioning_Scheme_common-listitem-1.xml |    2 +-
 en-US/Disk_Partitioning_X86_Partitions.xml         |   10 +++++-----
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Advice_on_Partitions.xml b/en-US/Advice_on_Partitions.xml
index 9fbc821..bad7f9e 100644
--- a/en-US/Advice_on_Partitions.xml
+++ b/en-US/Advice_on_Partitions.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 		</listitem>
 		 <listitem>
 			<para>
-				Each kernel installed on your system requires approximately 10 MB on the <filename class="partition">/boot</filename> partition. Unless you plan to install a great many kernels, the default partition size of 250 MB for <filename class="partition">/boot</filename> should suffice.
+				Each kernel installed on your system requires approximately 220 MB on the <filename class="partition">/boot</filename> partition. The boot partition can also be used during upgrades, so leaving extra room is recommended. Unless you plan to install a great many kernels, the default partition size of 500 MB for <filename class="partition">/boot</filename> should suffice.
 			</para>
 		</listitem>
 		 <listitem>
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 		</listitem>
 		 <listitem>
 			<para>
-				The <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> directory holds the majority of software content on a Fedora system. For an installation of the default set of software, allocate at least 4 GB of space. If you are a software developer or plan to use your Fedora system to learn software development skills, you may want to at least double this allocation.
-			</para>
+        The <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> directory holds the majority of software content on a Fedora system.  Because crucial applications and utilities are located in <filename class="directory" >/usr</filename>, Fedora does not support placing it on a separate partition.
+      </para>
 			 <important>
 				<title>Do not place <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> on a separate file system</title>
 				 <para>
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 								<filename class="partition">/boot</filename>
 							</entry>
 							 <entry>
-								250 MB <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem> partition
+							  500 MB <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem> partition
 							</entry>
 
 						</row>
diff --git a/en-US/Disk_Partitioning_Scheme_common-listitem-1.xml b/en-US/Disk_Partitioning_Scheme_common-listitem-1.xml
index 2baa2c5..2c0dad8 100644
--- a/en-US/Disk_Partitioning_Scheme_common-listitem-1.xml
+++ b/en-US/Disk_Partitioning_Scheme_common-listitem-1.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 	</formalpara>
 	 <para>
-		A 3.0 GB partition allows you to install a minimal installation, while a 5.0 GB root partition lets you perform a full installation, choosing all package groups.
+     A 3 GB partition allows you to install a minimal installation. For a full desktop installation, a <emphasis>minimum</emphasis> of 20GB for the root partition is recommended. 
 	</para>
 	 <important>
 		<title>Root and <filename class="directory">/root</filename></title>
diff --git a/en-US/Disk_Partitioning_X86_Partitions.xml b/en-US/Disk_Partitioning_X86_Partitions.xml
index 78482b3..db232fe 100644
--- a/en-US/Disk_Partitioning_X86_Partitions.xml
+++ b/en-US/Disk_Partitioning_X86_Partitions.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 		If you create many partitions instead of one large <filename class="partition">/</filename> partition, upgrades become easier. <!-- Refer to the description of the Edit option in <xref linkend="s1-diskpartitioning-x86" /> for more information. -->
 	</para>
 	 <para>
-		The following table summarizes minimum partition sizes for the partitions containing the listed directories. You <emphasis>do not</emphasis> have to make a separate partition for each of these directories. For instance, if the partition containing <filename class="directory">/foo</filename> must be at least 500 MB, and you do not make a separate <filename class="partition">/foo</filename> partition, then the <filename class="partition">/</filename> (root) partition must be at least 500 MB.
+		The following table summarizes minimum partition sizes for the partitions containing the listed directories. You <emphasis>do not</emphasis> have to make a separate partition for each of these directories. For instance, if the partition containing <filename class="directory">/foo</filename> must be at least 2 GB, and you do not make a separate <filename class="partition">/foo</filename> partition, then the <filename class="partition">/</filename> (root) partition must be at least 2 GB.
 	</para>
 	 <table frame="all" id="tb-Minumum_partition_sizes">
 		<title>Minimum partition sizes</title>
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 						<filename class="directory">/</filename>
 					</entry>
 					 <entry>
-						250 MB
+						2 GB
 					</entry>
 
 				</row>
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 						<filename class="directory">/usr</filename>
 					</entry>
 					 <entry>
-						250 MB, but avoid placing this on a separate partition
+             <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> on a seperate partition is not supported.
 					</entry>
 
 				</row>
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 						<filename class="directory">/tmp</filename>
 					</entry>
 					 <entry>
-						50 MB
+             <systemitem class="filesystem">tmpfs</systemitem> by default, 50 MB otherwise.
 					</entry>
 
 				</row>
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 						<filename class="directory">/var</filename>
 					</entry>
 					 <entry>
-						384 MB
+						500 MB
 					</entry>
 
 				</row>