Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:01:38 -0500 From: Brett Wynkoop <wynkoop@wynn.com> To: george@ceetonetechnology.com Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some ideas on Tim's script Message-ID: <20130130110138.62b4570e@ivory.lan> In-Reply-To: <51092D3A.4060608@ceetonetechnology.com> References: <51092D3A.4060608@ceetonetechnology.com>
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On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:24:58 -0500 George Rosamond <george@ceetonetechnology.com> wrote: > I mentioned this to Tim offline a while back, but I have some quick > thoughts on options for the scripts. > > A bunch of us in NYC*BUG have been hacking on Soekris and Alix boards > with i386 for a long while, which lays the basis for some of these > thoughts. > > But first, with 8G images, I had to adjust the config.sh's SD_SIZE > below 7900 for Kingston SD Cards to fit. I can give more specifics > if desired. Anyone else experience that? > No problem with my microsd card, but I do not recall what brand it is and I do not want to shut down the board to check. > In terms of /etc/fstab, I think adding tmpfs to the kernel would be > useful. Without it, using md(4) for /var/log, /tmp and /var/tmp is > certainly a nice way to minimize disk writes. > I agree that tmpfs in the kernel would be good for the above. > It might also make sense to add rc_debug="YES" and rc_info="YES" to > the default /etc/rc.conf. Most users are testing right now, and it's > only logical for the pool of people hacking on them. > > And maybe to add the relevant ntpdate(8) settings to /etc/rc.conf. One of the first things I did was put ntpdate into startup, but for boards not connected to the net that will create a several second hang. -Brett -- wynkoop@wynn.com http://prd4.wynn.com/wynkoop/pgp-keys.txt 917-642-6925 718-717-5435 "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government" - Thomas Jefferson.
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