Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:10:56 -0800 From: Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com> To: Christoph Mallon <christoph.mallon@gmx.de> Cc: Sean Bruno <sean.bruno@dsl-only.net>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Default FS Layout Too Small? Message-ID: <bb4a86c70902241210nc89cbf8v373da74e5b4f1a09@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49A44878.30707@gmx.de> References: <1235502625.4345.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <49A44878.30707@gmx.de>
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On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Christoph Mallon <christoph.mallon@gmx.de> wrote: > Sean Bruno schrieb: >> >> I noted that if I choose the auto defaults for my F/S layout, sysinstall >> will not reserve enough space for root(512MB?). =A0This is just barely >> enough to recompile and install an updated kernel. =A0Much more than tha= t >> and the F/S is full. >> >> I would assume that the default would be much larger now-a-days. I think >> a simple doubling to 1G would be sufficient. >> >> Comments? > > You are not supposed to compile stuff (or put any other large and often > changing stuff) on the root fs. uhmmm.... i _think_ he is talking about the fact that 512mb root fs is barely enough to keep /boot/kernel/ and /boot/kernel.old/ together. surely you agree that keeping previous (working) copy of the kernel is a "really good idea" when trying out new kernel. i personally have been bitten by the same problem. spinning hard drives are _really_ big and cheap those days, so i would say we probably should increase default root fs size. thanks, max
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