Ubuntu
installation-guide package

Suggested partitions inappropriate

Bug #144524 reported by Phillip Susi
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
installation-guide (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

https://help.ubuntu.com/7.04/installation-guide/i386/apcs03.html suggests that multi user systems have partitions for /usr, /var, and /tmp, in addition to / and /home. There is no good reason for having /usr and /var on their own partitions, and having a /tmp partition can actually be detrimental since normally it is mounted as a tmpfs.

The docs should be changed to at least not suggest a /tmp partition, and probably not /usr and /var either.

Daniel T Chen (crimsun)
Changed in installation-guide:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Phillip Susi (psusi)
Changed in installation-guide (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
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