Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:43:11 GMT From: András Jákó <jako.andras@eik.bme.hu> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/142047: 512M default root filesystem size too small Message-ID: <200912261843.nBQIhBYW005365@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200912261850.nBQIo1B5053710@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 142047 >Category: misc >Synopsis: 512M default root filesystem size too small >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Dec 26 18:50:01 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: András Jákó >Release: 8.0-STABLE >Organization: BME >Environment: FreeBSD sunbow.eik.bme.hu 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #0: Wed Dec 23 08:32:20 CET 2009 root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: The default 512M root filesystem is too small for two kernels (/boot/kernel and /boot/kernel.old). 512M is the sysinstall default, and http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-steps.html#BSDLABELEDITOR also suggests this size. >How-To-Repeat: Rebuild and install the 8.0-STABLE amd64 kernel on a machine having the default 512M size root filesystem. >Fix: Change the default root filesystem size to 1G(?), both in sysinstall and in the documentation, and wherever needed. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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