Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 23:27:47 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org> To: W Gerald Hicks <gehixz@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Guide to reducing FreeBSD (a.k.a miniBSD :) Message-ID: <3D229963.EF2B40B3@pantherdragon.org> References: <38E3A09A-8E42-11D6-BBF1-0030657B5F1E@bellsouth.net>
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W Gerald Hicks wrote: > > On Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at 12:10 AM, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > [snips] > > As long as you realize that if a /bin or /sbin program can't run due > > to missing/corrupt libraries that you may or may not be able to even > > boot single-user. At the very least, /bin/sh, /sbin/mount, /sbin/init, > > and /sbin/fsck should be static builds. > > > > Libraries residing in a linked-in MD_ROOT_IMAGE are available whenever > the kernel is > but it still seems more space efficient for that small handful of > critical files to be crunch-linked. Those libraries can still get corrupted. Using dynamic binaries adds a point of failure. It's not much more space taken for just those few programs, so why increase the risk? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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