Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 00:31:26 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/ia64 boot_crunch.conf Message-ID: <20041004223126.GA16517@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200410041612.46029.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <200409302034.i8UKYKOq051334@repoman.freebsd.org> <200410041051.09833.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20041004200747.GA62516@ns1.xcllnt.net> <200410041612.46029.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 04:12:46PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote.. > On Monday 04 October 2004 04:07 pm, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 10:51:09AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > > On Thursday 30 September 2004 04:34 pm, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > > > Log: > > > > Trade slattach for gpt. With all the tools to create new file > > > > systems, the tool one needs to partition a disk is more important than > > > > some poor man's network interface. > > > > > > You don't really have to trade anymore as we don't care if the mfsroot > > > grows now. > > > > Doesn't that sentiment make crunching a pointless activity? > > Well, there's no reason to go make it huge, per se, but the original reason > for constraining mfsroot's crunch was that mfsroot.gz had to fit on a single > 1.44 MB floppy and it doesn't have to do that anymore, so it's ok if you just > want to add a new program and grow the crunch by a few 10k or a few 100k. I actually tested a floppy install on Alpha for one of the early 5.3-BETAs and wow, it works ;-) Neat job. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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