Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 09:17:57 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r223129 - head/release Message-ID: <20110617231757.GA40286@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <201106152338.p5FNcFlN003175@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201106152338.p5FNcFlN003175@svn.freebsd.org>
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--3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2011-Jun-15 23:38:15 +0000, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org> wr= ote: >Log: > Do not install the rescue tools onto the install CD. Since it is read > only, they are very unlikely to be needed and take up a great deal of > space. If I've correctly understood this change, I'm not sure this is a positive move. Based on a quick test, removing /rescue saves about 4MB (in reality, the saving should be less because /rescue removes the need for /stand). OTOH, it renders the install CD useless as a recovery "fixit" disk - whilst the CD is unlikely to need recovery itself, it was useful for recovering hard disks --=20 Peter Jeremy --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk374KUACgkQ/opHv/APuIdDNgCeOVhnEU436v4sByDeMW6WNefF VNoAoKaJ7iJjIVlE0mXV00k/mmdwgIZd =D1ro -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3V7upXqbjpZ4EhLz--
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