Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 17:24:59 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Getting rid of /usr file system (was: Using a larger block size on large filesystems) Message-ID: <20011216172459.A35552@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200112161616.fBGGGKg49403@aslan.scsiguy.com>; from gibbs@scsiguy.com on Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 09:16:20AM -0700 References: <200112120510.fBC5AEM33040@harmony.village.org> <200112161616.fBGGGKg49403@aslan.scsiguy.com>
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On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 09:16:20AM -0700, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > >In message <200112120509.fBC59Qk07926@mass.dis.org> Mike Smith writes: > >: > However, the argument for /usr is more than just that it is for crash > >: > recovery. > >: > >: It is? Sounds like there are lots of retconned reasons that could > >: equally easily be worked around. 8) > > Has the requirement for the root partition being first in the disklabel > been removed? I prefer to have my swap partition as close to the front > of the disk as possible to take advantage of the faster tracks. If / > needs to come before swap, and / is *huge*, swap gets slower. On Alpha this is still a No-No IIRC. No idea on x86. When system performance is dictated by the speed of the swap device it is time to add memory IMO. W/ -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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