Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 08:02:12 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> Cc: freebsd-embedded <freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Default parameters for NanoBSD Message-ID: <CANCZdfpRBgjS_yYddLJUAoS9Up1BW_tNcMNVcO1KngiweFYGhw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <06cd90cd-cb9c-a91e-f8c7-3bcdd1e4a226@denninger.net> References: <70eb2817-31d6-5671-11c2-dc2c4cc21850@free.fr> <CANCZdfp442ui2a7C8Do%2BLccShipE_FTObUb%2BZZ5_0rzO_48ppA@mail.gmail.com> <06cd90cd-cb9c-a91e-f8c7-3bcdd1e4a226@denninger.net>
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On Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 7:59 AM Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> wrote: > On 9/10/2019 08:53, Warner Losh wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 3:28 AM Fabien Costard <fabien.costard@free.fr> > > wrote: > > > >> Hello everyone, > >> > >> This is a question about the default values used for the nanobsd. > >> In the current default configuration (defaults.sh), the media size is > >> set to 2000000 (NANO_MEDIASIZE=2000000). > >> This size (1GB) does not allow to make an image when you follow the > >> documentation online. > >> > >> I know that the purpose of the nanobsd is to make "light" FreeBSD system > >> but would it be better to change the default media size when someone > >> (like me) try to use and understand it step by step ? > >> > >> I found the media size have to be 9600000 (around 4.8GB) (to work with 2 > >> images) > >> > >> What do you think about it ? > >> > > I built an image yesterday, and 1GB was still large enough. What arch > were > > you doing? What other things went onto the package? FreeBSD itself, > without > > compilers, should clock in around 300MB. > > > > I have no problem bumping the size. Today it's hard to buy something > > smaller than 16GB (though there's a lot of lots of 4GB and 8GB on amazon, > > the sweet spot for price has moved to 32GB). It's likely time. I like to > > keep it small because the images are copied around and that takes up > space. > > > > Warner > > "xz" is excellent at turning a "sparse" NanoBSD file into something > more-representative of the actual bits on the disk as opposed to the > allocated size.... > Dd that copies the partition still takes more time... Warner -- > Karl Denninger > karl@denninger.net <mailto:karl@denninger.net> > /The Market Ticker/ > /[S/MIME encrypted email preferred]/ >
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