Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:39:16 -0500 From: jamie rishaw at google mail <mitigator@gmail.com> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: What do people think about not installing a stripped /kernel ?] Message-ID: <6ff30abd04102008396bb61196@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041020.093211.78703993.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <41767CF1.2020005@FreeBSD.org> <6ff30abd04102008163115a32d@mail.gmail.com> <20041020.093211.78703993.imp@bsdimp.com>
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> However, I'm going going to take exception that it isn't a disk space > issue or that size doesn't matter. Size does matter. > > For a 64MB CF this would be a deal killer, Not if you can turn it off.. which was said in the OP > and that's the size of the > parts we're using now. With our X based systems, these cards are > starting to fill up. In addition, we sometimes deploy new kernels to > the field and 16MB takes a lot longer to upload than 3MB (think really > bad connectivity to many of the remote locations our systems may be > deployed in). [?relevance?] > I also have several machines where / is short on disk space, and I'd > turn it off for them. It is simply too much extra to put on there. I > could repartition these machines, but that's a huge pita and costs way > too much in time and down time to do. The cost here isn't in disk > space, but the hundreds or thousands of dollars of labor and/or > opportunity costs. Sure. If you dont read /usr/src/UPDATING . In which case, it's your own fault. :-) -- jamie rishaw at google mail aka mitigator /@/ gmail dot you-know-what .. What *wouldnt* Jesus Do? http://WhatWOULDNTJesusDo.com/?u=j2
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