Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 19:05:32 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: arch@freebsd.org, gallatin@cs.duke.edu Subject: Re: Making a dynamically-linked root Message-ID: <20030602.190532.01207353.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <16091.44150.539095.704531@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> References: <20030602171942.GA87863@roark.gnf.org> <16091.44150.539095.704531@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> writes:
: > space. Currently (on my x86 box), /bin and /sbin are 32 MB. With
: > a dynamically linked root (and some pruning of some binaries), the
: > /bin, /lib, and /sbin come out to 6.1 MB. This should be great for
: > people with 2.x and 3.x era root partitions that are only about 50
: > MB.
:
: Assuming disks cost $1.00 US per gig, this 25% performance penalty
: saves roughly 2.5 cents worth of disk space. Admittedly, embedded
: environments need the disk savings and might not care about the
: performance penalty. But that's just another argument for making it
: optional.
I actually have used this to upgrade a system I've been using for a
while.
Warner
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