From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Nov 29 01:29:21 1995 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id BAA24479 for bugs-outgoing; Wed, 29 Nov 1995 01:29:21 -0800 Received: from godzilla.zeta.org.au (godzilla.zeta.org.au [203.2.228.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id BAA24472 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 1995 01:29:14 -0800 Received: (from bde@localhost) by godzilla.zeta.org.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id UAA12774; Wed, 29 Nov 1995 20:28:21 +1100 Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 20:28:21 +1100 From: Bruce Evans Message-Id: <199511290928.UAA12774@godzilla.zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org, jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: misc/849: Install skimps on inodes and newfs default is wrong FDIV041 Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > 1. Fix install to not pass -i 8192 or make the parameter a settable > > parameter on each partition. This doesn't appear to be an > > option now. > > But it is a settable parameter? Ask the author of sysinstall :-). > > 2. Fix newfs so that the default is 2048 so it matches previous > > behavior and the manpage. > > Agreed, will do. 4.4lite2 has fixed the manpage to match the new behaviour. There is something to be said for this - if your fragment size is 4096 or more then you are very unlikely to want the bytes/inode default of 2048. Bruce