Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:11:39 -0400 From: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> Subject: Re: Experiences with FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2 Message-ID: <CACqU3MUZ_ez-KMGVR33Aqz31i9cE%2BW7ANtvhqy3D%2BiPfroFpxA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201109262035.OAA17199@lariat.net> References: <201109260053.SAA25795@lariat.net> <201109260927.02540.jhb@freebsd.org> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1109261359100.882@multics.mit.edu> <201109262035.OAA17199@lariat.net>
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Hi, On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> wrote: > At 12:03 PM 9/26/2011, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > >> On Mon, 26 Sep 2011, John Baldwin wrote: >> >>> I can't speak to the "one-big-fs" bit (there was another thread long ag= o >>> 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 = amount >> 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. > > My personal preference would be to place portions of the directory tree > which contain critical configuration information and are not written in > normal use -- e.g. /etc and /boot -- > The problem with /boot on a dedicated partition is the the kernel, since at least 8.x, is installed by default with a vast majority of crap. That's all the .symbols, that 99% of FreeBSD users will never uses. Beside that, the auto-partitionner refuses to work on <1G drive, which is really ridiculous... FreeBSD 9.0BETA2 bases + games fit in 310MB, crap taken out. - Arnaud
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