From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Dec 16 8:25:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C20F37B419; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 08:25:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBGGOx635567; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 17:24:59 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 17:24:59 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: "Justin T. Gibbs" Cc: Warner Losh , Mike Smith , freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Getting rid of /usr file system (was: Using a larger block size on large filesystems) Message-ID: <20011216172459.A35552@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200112120510.fBC5AEM33040@harmony.village.org> <200112161616.fBGGGKg49403@aslan.scsiguy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200112161616.fBGGGKg49403@aslan.scsiguy.com>; from gibbs@scsiguy.com on Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 09:16:20AM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 09:16:20AM -0700, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > >In message <200112120509.fBC59Qk07926@mass.dis.org> Mike Smith writes: > >: > However, the argument for /usr is more than just that it is for crash > >: > recovery. > >: > >: It is? Sounds like there are lots of retconned reasons that could > >: equally easily be worked around. 8) > > Has the requirement for the root partition being first in the disklabel > been removed? I prefer to have my swap partition as close to the front > of the disk as possible to take advantage of the faster tracks. If / > needs to come before swap, and / is *huge*, swap gets slower. On Alpha this is still a No-No IIRC. No idea on x86. When system performance is dictated by the speed of the swap device it is time to add memory IMO. W/ -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message