Bug 158608 - Please change maximal root partition size from 10 GB t o 20 GB
Summary: Please change maximal root partition size from 10 GB t o 20 GB
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SUSE Linux 10.1
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Installation (show other bugs)
Version: Beta 8
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Major (vote)
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Assignee: Thomas Fehr
QA Contact: Klaus Kämpf
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Reported: 2006-03-16 12:37 UTC by Andreas Jaeger
Modified: 2006-03-20 10:15 UTC (History)
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Description Andreas Jaeger 2006-03-16 12:37:55 UTC 
I suggest to change the default to 20 GB for the maximal size of the root partition.
Comment 1 Michael Gross 2006-03-16 13:40:50 UTC 
Why is this limited anyway?
Comment 2 Thomas Fehr 2006-03-16 14:09:12 UTC 
It is limited because if you have root fs and /home you normally prefer to have 
lots of available space in /home, not in the root fs where the non-root user
cannot use the space for anything useful.
Comment 3 Forgotten User 7L3tOtZIov 2006-03-16 19:43:55 UTC 
10GB should be enough for the majority of people. 20GB max will waste 10GB extra on most systems, wich especially will be a lot with smaller drives.
a 30 GB will have no change 10GB and 20GB
a 60 GB will have a LOT of change 20GB and 40GB instead of 10 GB and 50GB.

As the majority of systems will be not using these extra 10GB, it  is a waste of space. People who need more then 10GB will most likley wanting to choose their own size anyway.
Comment 4 Thomas Fehr 2006-03-20 10:15:47 UTC 
This change is done for beta#9.