Date: Sun, 21 May 1995 06:23:56 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: hackers@FreeBSD.org, pritc003@maroon.tc.umn.edu Subject: Re: kernel database files Message-ID: <199505202023.GAA13062@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>Due to the way I name my kernels (kernel.MMDD, linked to /kernel), >whenever I boot a new kernel for testing before linking it to >/kernel, I wind up with a new kernel database file in /var/db. >Booting a lot of different kernels can cause your root file system to >start filling up, since these files are 300K+ in size. How about if I think the kernel database should be regenerated at every boot like it was in 1.1. kvm_mkdb was very slow in 2.0 due to braindamaged buffering in kvm_mkdb and/or db and braindamaged non-delayed writing of full blocks in ufs, but Poul fixed kvm_mkdb on 1995/01/10 so it now takes only about 1 second on a DX2/66. Bruce
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