Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 16:26:36 -0500 (EST) From: Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin Makefile src/sbin/ffsinfo Makefile ffsinfo.8 ffsinfo.c src/sbin/fsck_ffs pass1.c src/sbin/growfs Makefile debug.c debug.h growfs.8 growfs.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012091624200.59724-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <20001209173614.A5146@bsdi.com>
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On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, Josef Karthauser wrote: >On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 08:27:42AM -0800, kris@citusc.usc.edu wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 07:27:35AM -0800, Thomas-Henning von Kamptz wrote: >> > tomsoft 2000/12/09 07:27:35 PST >> > >> > Modified files: >> > sbin Makefile >> > sbin/fsck_ffs pass1.c >> > Added files: >> > sbin/ffsinfo Makefile ffsinfo.8 ffsinfo.c >> > sbin/growfs Makefile debug.c debug.h growfs.8 >> > growfs.c >> > Log: >> > added growfs(8) including ffsinfo(8) to the freebsd base system >> >> Are these necessary to bootstrap a system prior to the mounting of >> filesystems? i.e. are they really necessary to be on the root filesystem >> instead of /usr? > >IMO, growfs should be in /usr/sbin, and ffsinfo and dumpfs should be >unified. > >Joe Is there a reason to make it hard to grow /usr? My understanding is that a partition must currently be unmounted to be grown. If migrating a system to a newer larger disk, growing /usr may be highly desirable.. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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