Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 17:19:49 +0000 From: "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> To: Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec+freebsd@ijs.si> Cc: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> Subject: Re: Installer fails with "out of swap space" when installing ZFS-on-root with less then 4 GB mem (10.0-RC4) Message-ID: <105CFF1A-C71D-4670-8D70-DCE56F9EDA2A@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <7a61b7a1f156dcf67b3ba44bca7dd906@mailbox.ijs.si> References: <7a61b7a1f156dcf67b3ba44bca7dd906@mailbox.ijs.si>
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On Jan 5, 2014, at 5:27 PM, Mark Martinec wrote: > [snip] > I understand that ZFS would be happier with more memory for heavy product= ion > use, and that a modern real iron has much more than 4 GB of memory, but > virtualized guests are often dedicated to a single task and could do well > with 'just' 2 GB of memory, even if using ZFS. >=20 > So my suggestion is twofold: >=20 > - let the installer mount the available swap partitions before jumping > into heavy installation work; >=20 That sounds reasonable enough. > - avoid covering an underlying failure with a quickly-redrawn installer > menu; at least some delay after a failure but before erasing the screen > would be useful, avoiding the user to go to great lengths to be able to > capture the failure reason. >=20 While the error reporting could be improved in that area of bsdinstall that you fingered, the perception that the errors are quickly being erased is incorrect. What's actually going on is the errors are being shunted over to vty1 (Alt+F2) as well as /tmp/bsdinstall_log But granted... the error messages that are displayed on vty0 could certainly be improved (which will take time). Thank you very much for testing and feedback. --=20 Cheers, Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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