From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 26 22:11:41 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 5E778106566B for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:11:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lacombar@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA3E58FC08 for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:11:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyj26 with SMTP id 26so4481818wyj.13 for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:11:39 -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=nSLyITYUtD/Va9zgwHZP/ix9Ib/T7z8iBhCF1FzpUb0=; b=OYxJI3l3uYMLXXy/6V1DwNzoUh9moXgvOn5tEKf+BxpwHwYfQfxlcl4CF8Vgy5/4+C Ad2IDwVS6pO3vgUtJMKtfe6KRET7IpP7ge+xBj6aknf8hHvA4wgewcH2wTA+n6lXsOap 7W517EYjTE/+9au2O5XSVcJkJoi6gi7m20Dsg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.9.28 with SMTP id j28mr6405987wbj.6.1317075099737; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:11:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.103.33 with HTTP; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:11:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201109262035.OAA17199@lariat.net> References: <201109260053.SAA25795@lariat.net> <201109260927.02540.jhb@freebsd.org> <201109262035.OAA17199@lariat.net> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:11:39 -0400 Message-ID: From: Arnaud Lacombe To: Brett Glass Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Benjamin Kaduk 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 22:11:41 -0000 Hi, On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Brett Glass 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