Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:47:05 +0200 From: Elias Chrysocheris <eliaschr@cha.forthnet.gr> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Default partition size for root -- 512 to 1G Message-ID: <201002151147.06038.eliaschr@cha.forthnet.gr> In-Reply-To: <4B789D95.9060407@ucla.edu> References: <4B789D95.9060407@ucla.edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Monday 15 of February 2010 03:04:21 Jason Chambers wrote: > I just noticed due to the difference in size for an AMD64 kernel, "/" is > over-utilized after compiling a custom kernel. (kernel.old + kernel) > > Speaking only for amd64... seems it would be a good idea to tweak the > default auto partitioning for "/" to 1 GB instead of 512MB. > > What do others think ? Is a PR the appropriate avenue for feature > requests ? > > > Regards, > > --Jason > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I believe you are right!. Actually I also use a boot partition of 1G, because once, when I tried to build my own kernel, I ended up trying to install it, but there was no space in the target partition. So I had to keep a backup copy of the kernel.old and then recompile my new kernel without debug symbols (removed the DEBUG=-g from the configuration file). Fortunately the new kernel was small enough to fit in the empty space. Since then I always make the boot partition of 1G size. Well, these days hard disc space is very cheap, so I don't think this is a drawback! Regards Elias
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?201002151147.06038.eliaschr>