From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 26 18:33:03 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F61B1065670 for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:33:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lacombar@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16B2F8FC0A for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:33:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyg7 with SMTP id 7so5183356eyg.13 for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:33:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=FCGCxRREScHlDl5UXBMNvORH1XI66qs/ztyB4JudJBg=; b=v/2V1CtdDDtEj8AHjZ2dJnl4Mx+/fSmx3TunIaULTgq71W3pTaV7eEQcB+yqWCwznd 6KUuw+SotmwpRWAHsQEvVec73rqbxL35B05AvgowTIOQe1Cv7jPF8cifCLBFA7Aday+M 5oHHuzSDTimgz3EpcKZP9M+IzKOSsF5B0x80g= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.172.145 with SMTP id t17mr141664wel.36.1317061981935; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:33:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.103.33 with HTTP; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:33:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <201109260053.SAA25795@lariat.net> <201109260927.02540.jhb@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:33:01 -0400 Message-ID: From: Arnaud Lacombe To: Benjamin Kaduk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Brett Glass , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Experiences with FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:33:03 -0000 Hi, On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > On Mon, 26 Sep 2011, John Baldwin wrote: > >> On Sunday, September 25, 2011 8:52:37 pm Brett Glass wrote: >>> >>> First thing I noticed, when running the new FreeBSD installer from >>> a memory stick image, is that disk partitioning was odd. It >>> abandoned standard UNIX parlance, calling what are traditionally >>> called "slices" partitions. It also diverged from past practice by >>> creating one big UFS filesystem rather than the usual separate >>> partitions for /, /tmp, /var, /usr. It then made a separate slice >>> (to use the traditional terminology) for swap, rather than >>> including it in the slice that contained the big file system. This >>> seemed odd; if the file system was being lumped together in one >>> place, why break out the swap to an entirely separate slice? >> >> I can't speak to the "one-big-fs" bit (there was another thread long ago >> about >> that). =A0However, as to the partitioning bit, bsdinstall is defaulting = to >> using > > The question of how to layout and split filesystems was discussed at the > filesystems working group of the devsummit at BSDCan this may. > (http://wiki.freebsd.org/201105DevSummit/FileSystems down to "Filesystem > Layout" near the bottom) =A0Though "one big root" did not garner a huge a= mount > of support, neither were there particularly compelling arguments against = it > (if I remember correctly). =A0It's certainly easier to write an > autopartitioner for, so I don't really blame Nathan for having chosen it > initially. > What's the point of running a vote if it's to finally not care about it ? You had got 4 people wanting to go right, 9 to go straight, 2 to go left, and the driver goes left. - Arnaud > -Ben Kaduk > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " >