Default partitioning

[David Cantrell]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010, Javier Prats wrote:

> Hello Stephen,
>
> On a default Fedora installation using encryption and LVM it partitioned
> a 50GB drive giving 44GB to the root partition and only 4GB to /home.
> In most environments saving things to the root partition is avoided and
> it seems there is more than enough room for applications.  This is the
> first distribution I've seen do this, but it's also the first time using
> encryption on partitions.  This is very well ignorance on my part, but
> is there a reason for that being the default partitioning scheme?

Here is the bug regarding the installer creating a /home partition:

     https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=150670

And the commit:

commit 1952a27de7bf47c4a8243662d6e606194eba002e
Author: Chris Lumens <clumens at redhat.com>
Date:   Thu Oct 29 10:53:57 2009 -0400

     Modify autopart requests to include a separate /home (#150670).

     This modifies the default partitioning as follows:

     (1) For VGs <= 50 GB, we will continue to make swap and / as normal.
     (2) For VGs > 50 GB, / will cap at 50 GB and /home will consume the rest.

     50 GB is fairly arbitrary, and was based on the fact that an Everything
     install of Fedora right now is ~ 40 GB, plus some room for expansion.
     Very few users are likely to do an Everything install so this should
     provide plenty of space for upgrades and future growth.  Additionally,
     this is only a default partitioning suggestion and can always be
     overridden by the user.


We discussed how /home would be created during automatic partitioning and
based on the feedback from many people, the above algorithm was determined.
So, the odd 4GB /home in your case is most likely due to your disk being on
the 50GB line.

>
> On Mon, 2010-10-25 at 07:02 -0400, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
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>> On 10/23/2010 06:39 PM, Javier Prats wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I was wondering if this is the correct place to discuss the default
>>> partitioning scheme after installation.  If not, could someone please
>>> direct me to the correct place?
>>>
>>
>> It's as good a place as any. What is your concern?
>>
>> - --
>> Stephen Gallagher
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David Cantrell <dcantrell at redhat.com>
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