Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:32:17 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, randi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.0-RELEASE -> -STABLE and size of / Message-ID: <201002080932.17814.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201002051400.o15E0p2T071852@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <201002051400.o15E0p2T071852@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Friday 05 February 2010 9:00:51 am Oliver Fromme wrote: > Randi Harper wrote: > > Marian Hettwer wrote: > > > +1 vote for making / bigger. > > > At least a size where a make installkernel runs through. > > > > This is going to happen. It's been on my to-do list for a while, as I > > find it increasingly annoying. The default sizes of all mount points > > need to be tweaked a bit. Be patient, there will be some new changes > > going into sysinstall very soon. > > Revisiting sysinstall's default partition sizes is certainly > a good idea. > > However, I think it makes a lot of sense to *not* install > symbol files in /boot/kernel by default. I can't think of > a good reason why they need to be there by default, and > they're what causes the space problems for the root FS in > the first place. > > Please change the default. It makes debugging kernel crashes for simpler and easier. For example, with the kernel symbols installed, the crashinfo(8) script can generate useful information after a crash on an out-of-the-box system. -- John Baldwin
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