Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:33:01 -0400 From: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> To: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Experiences with FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2 Message-ID: <CACqU3MUUAjHzJupHMpOfLOjQKSSkQHJXKmOhiYLrewafwnzPWg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1109261359100.882@multics.mit.edu> References: <201109260053.SAA25795@lariat.net> <201109260927.02540.jhb@freebsd.org> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1109261359100.882@multics.mit.edu>
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Hi, On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> 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= " >
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