[Gllug] ext3 filesystem suddenly full

[john at sinodun.org.uk]

Chris Jones wrote:
[snip]
> The only one worth caring about on desktops is /home imo, which should
> definitely be on a separate partition (but that still brings up the
> perennial problem of how to balance the space).

This brings up another bijou-featurette of various installers which I
think could be improved.  If you ask for separate partitions under LVM,
the average installer by default will still allocate *all* the disc space
to partitions, regardless of how much there is.

Surely it would be more sensible to create partitions of a suitable
initial size and then leave the rest of the LVM space unallocated.  That
way it's available for allocation as and when it's needed.  If the initial
allocation takes up all the LVM space you've at least partly negated the
point of having LVM.

You could even have a desktop utility for naive users which pops up when a
partition is approaching its limit and offers to help.

            =================================================
            |                                               |
            |   Your /home partition is 90% full, but you   |
            |   have spare space on your system which       |
            |   could be allocated to it.  Would you        |
            |   like to increase its size now?              |
            |                                               |
            |       Abort      Retry      Ignore            |
            |                                               |
            =================================================

John

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