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From: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>
To: Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net>
Cc: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>, 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
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On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 04:26:36PM -0500, Adam wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, Josef Karthauser wrote:
> >> >                          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.
> >
> 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..

Granted.  Upon reflection it makes good sense to have growfs on /.

Thomas, is it possible to grow /, if it's read-only?

Joe
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