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Subject: Re: Default FS Layout Too Small?
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Ian FREISLICH wrote:
> Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
>> Sean Bruno wrote:
>>> I noted that if I choose the auto defaults for my F/S layout, sysinstall
>>> will not reserve enough space for root(512MB?).  This is just barely
>>> enough to recompile and install an updated kernel.  Much more than that
>>> and the F/S is full.
>>>
>>> I would assume that the default would be much larger now-a-days. I think
>>> a simple doubling to 1G would be sufficient.
>>>
>>> Comments?
>>>

>> I don't understand the comment made by another poster that 85MB is 
>> enough.  I have a FreeBSD 7 box which was partitioned years ago (back in 

> I suspect that this config option has a lot to do with how much
> space your kernels (and modules) use on disk
> 
> makeoptions     DEBUG=-g                # Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols

Fair enough.  But this option is on in the GENERIC kernel.  So since it 
is now part of the default, it makes sense to have a large root sector 
by default.