From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 24 20:10:57 2009 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 1D21A106567A for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:10:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f176.google.com (mail-gx0-f176.google.com [209.85.217.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C91A68FC08 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:10:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com) Received: by gxk24 with SMTP id 24so9377331gxk.19 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:10:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=kD4Bo/xOiO4EPrXIUe5fYZIeIs13XPHo6l41zCCQjwI=; b=HYuTbtLf7cf0Bz+e3Pv7EbctRLiAj511LvPIf9pnlt9ouwGboGChNfiSwzvKR4Lk7t iPv3JfsX1Czc3L/kgKNmVWhffPX4qBbzWEu5C0xeYp66kuV+EJRr8GtNzUkSNhFnCe4j OxU74xsZE/lwUWFJ0ISkboJ4sE0hC1FeQymJI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=mfD2DzVDM8ivhjNrbPb3FkrAc5ge1DG1FOSI8yybk3tQjWvUGg7KlISvM3q+S9MbJ/ Nd83pG251+GA+m1Gim9pGGYVcHTeav2Zs6nuNS1BJy/Cxb8wRquZ8mQJ2RWQBhoj0k+3 fC7BqggbPCIOt4EMCgprgt+oYD13aw4/UHH5k= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.151.106.7 with SMTP id i7mr110876ybm.14.1235506256287; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:10:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <49A44878.30707@gmx.de> References: <1235502625.4345.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <49A44878.30707@gmx.de> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:10:56 -0800 Message-ID: From: Maksim Yevmenkin To: Christoph Mallon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Sean Bruno , FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: Default FS Layout Too Small? 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: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:10:58 -0000 On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Christoph Mallon wrote: > Sean Bruno schrieb: >> >> I noted that if I choose the auto defaults for my F/S layout, sysinstall >> will not reserve enough space for root(512MB?). =A0This is just barely >> enough to recompile and install an updated kernel. =A0Much more than tha= t >> and the F/S is full. >> >> I would assume that the default would be much larger now-a-days. I think >> a simple doubling to 1G would be sufficient. >> >> Comments? > > You are not supposed to compile stuff (or put any other large and often > changing stuff) on the root fs. uhmmm.... i _think_ he is talking about the fact that 512mb root fs is barely enough to keep /boot/kernel/ and /boot/kernel.old/ together. surely you agree that keeping previous (working) copy of the kernel is a "really good idea" when trying out new kernel. i personally have been bitten by the same problem. spinning hard drives are _really_ big and cheap those days, so i would say we probably should increase default root fs size. thanks, max