From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 18 20:34:05 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F94F106564A; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:34:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from agogare.doit.wisc.edu (agogare.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 401E18FC14; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:34:04 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0LN0003006GSGV00@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:34:04 -0500 (CDT) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net (adsl-75-50-89-112.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net [75.50.89.112]) by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LN000EKX6GQH110@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:34:03 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:34:02 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <20110617231757.GA40286@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> To: Peter Jeremy Message-id: <4DFD0BBA.1010502@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=75.50.89.112 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-14, Version=5.6.0.2009776, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2011.6.18.202415, SenderIP=75.50.89.112 References: <201106152338.p5FNcFlN003175@svn.freebsd.org> <20110617231757.GA40286@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110429 Thunderbird/3.1.10 Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r223129 - head/release X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:34:05 -0000 On 06/17/11 18:17, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2011-Jun-15 23:38:15 +0000, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >> Log: >> Do not install the rescue tools onto the install CD. Since it is read >> only, they are very unlikely to be needed and take up a great deal of >> space. > If I've correctly understood this change, I'm not sure this is a > positive move. > > Based on a quick test, removing /rescue saves about 4MB (in reality, > the saving should be less because /rescue removes the need for > /stand). OTOH, it renders the install CD useless as a recovery > "fixit" disk - whilst the CD is unlikely to need recovery itself, it > was useful for recovering hard disks Since all of our install CDs for 9.0 (even the boot-only ones!) will be live CDs, the full versions of everything in /rescue are on the CD in their usual locations in /bin, /sbin, etc. and these can be used just as well for fixing a system as the /rescue tools. -Nathan