From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 1 23:07:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5E1D16A400 for ; Sun, 1 Jul 2007 23:07:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marck@rinet.ru) Received: from woozle.rinet.ru (woozle.rinet.ru [195.54.192.68]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 461F513C448 for ; Sun, 1 Jul 2007 23:07:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marck@rinet.ru) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by woozle.rinet.ru (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l61N7BiV086339; Mon, 2 Jul 2007 03:07:11 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from marck@rinet.ru) Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 03:07:11 +0400 (MSD) From: Dmitry Morozovsky To: "illoai@gmail.com" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20070702030514.D81781@woozle.rinet.ru> References: <47d0403c0706301618l6821d2c3n4ac0510fde66f834@mail.gmail.com> <47d0403c0707010938i2af1c0a1gc26da2652e4648a8@mail.gmail.com> <20070701204053.H77247@woozle.rinet.ru> <47d0403c0707011043y6d3d8819yeb807f08eb136d69@mail.gmail.com> <20070702000236.S81781@woozle.rinet.ru> X-NCC-RegID: ru.rinet X-OpenPGP-Key-ID: 6B691B03 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (woozle.rinet.ru [0.0.0.0]); Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:07:11 +0400 (MSD) Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recommended size of root partition X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:07:12 -0000 On Sun, 1 Jul 2007, illoai@gmail.com wrote: i> > BK> > BK> Thanks! What command did you use to do the decompression (and what i> > BK> > BK> was the source from which to decompress)? I figured that doing an i> > BK> > BK> extraction would be the best way (since it directly tests the object i> > BK> > BK> in question), but I couldn't come up with something quick. i> > i> > [snip all other] i> > i> > For quick estimation without instalation media, you can use jail install i> > procedure: i> > i> > export DESTDIR=/path/to/jail (or setenv in [t]sch) i> > mkdir -p ${DESTDIR} i> > cd /usr/src i> > make installworld distribution installkernel i> > i> > which gives you copy of freshly installed system ready for jail run... i> > i> i> Is it faster than: i> # mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /path/to/6.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso -u 0 i> # mount -t cd9660 /dev/md0 /vcdrom i> --(leave root so's not to worry about typos here!)-- i> % cd /some/scratch/directory i> % cat /vcdrom/6.2-RELEASE/base/base.?? | tar zxvf - i> . . . (I like to watch) i> % cat /vcdrom/6.2-RELEASE/kernels/generic.?? | tar zxvf - i> . . . (pages and pages of pathnames) i> % rm -rf usr/ var/ tmp/ i> % du -d0 -h ./ i> 36M i> % i> ? i> i> (this assumes that per sysinstall default /usr /var i> and /tmp are their own filesystems) Original poster indicated that he has not quickly available installation media; however, it seems he's armed with buildworld results, hence my suggestions. Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------