From owner-svn-src-stable-8@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 17 20:16:22 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E48A71065693 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:16:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nagilum@nagilum.org) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BEB48FC15 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:16:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cakebox.homeunix.net (p5081391B.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [80.129.57.27]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0Le9EG-1PEzVv0KUe-00qOk3; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:16:19 +0200 Received: from cakebox.homeunix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cakebox.homeunix.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8FBA678B2; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:16:09 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on cakebox.tis X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=3.7 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: by cakebox.homeunix.net (Postfix, from userid 80) id 6C0456783A; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:16:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from p5081391B.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (p5081391B.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [80.129.57.27]) by cakebox.homeunix.net (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:16:08 +0200 Message-ID: <20100817221608.25791br7500cllvs@cakebox.homeunix.net> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:16:08 +0200 From: Nagilum To: Bruce Cran References: <201008071218.o77CIavd036475@svn.freebsd.org> <20100807151858.18405yjtkz4ijzks@cakebox.homeunix.net> <20100815170335.00000ad0@unknown> In-Reply-To: <20100815170335.00000ad0@unknown> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Dynamic Internet Messaging Program (DIMP) H3 (1.1.4) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:lHS2QyiZ/kconiLsOQyYCQdSVkdZWhMxStxUY/dusW1 7Led3BJvrQvaTjNToyiecTJrSG52GpD9jdzuKpPaoM93mQWx5k 4sscrd/DRyLSuQ1jOV4rJPbbJ3icdreGEOpWViPojGtChhv2bW RP80mJX2tZ4tdMuxZ71ooPiiNhDPLMNNzbFyYDrQWOm4O9RHQx DlPKBede7b4b2t6xikg4JjPx8WoQzKf+2YAVbPV9qI= Cc: svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r211007 - stable/8/usr.sbin/sysinstall X-BeenThere: svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for only the 8-stable src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:16:22 -0000 Right, ppl having / as zfs probably wont use sysinstall. Having /boot below the BIOS limit is obviously useful for being able to boot FreeBSD however. But I guess in those cases a few hundred megs aren't really important. Thanks for the reply.. ----- Message from bruce@cran.org.uk --------- Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:03:35 +0100 From: Bruce Cran Subject: Re: svn commit: r211007 - stable/8/usr.sbin/sysinstall To: Nagilum Cc: svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org, Bruce Cran > On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:18:58 +0200 > Nagilum wrote: > >> I'm not so sure about the minsize for / >> /boot is not too unlikely to end up on a separate partition (ie. if >> the BIOS has trouble accessing / or the system was set up with ZFS >> as rootfs before zfsloader) and the rest would fit just fine in 128MB: > > I hadn't considered having /boot be on a separate partition - but if > the system was setup before zfsloader then why would they be using > sysinstall to create / ? Also, is it likely that people would create > just /boot below the BIOS limit? > > -- > Bruce Cran > _______________________________________________ > svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-stable-8 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-stable-8-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ----- End message from bruce@cran.org.uk ----- ======================================================================== # _ __ _ __ http://www.nagilum.org/ \n icq://69646724 # # / |/ /__ ____ _(_) /_ ____ _ nagilum@nagilum.org \n +491776461165 # # / / _ `/ _ `/ / / // / ' \ Amiga (68k/PPC): AOS/NetBSD/Linux # # /_/|_/\_,_/\_, /_/_/\_,_/_/_/_/ Mac (PPC): MacOS-X / NetBSD /Linux # # /___/ x86: FreeBSD/Linux/Solaris/Win2k ARM9: EPOC EV6 # ======================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------- cakebox.homeunix.net - all the machine one needs..