From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 24 20:22:33 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 84F511065677 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:22:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from llc2w@virginia.edu) Received: from fork10.mail.virginia.edu (fork10.mail.Virginia.EDU [128.143.2.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 530F08FC14 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:22:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from llc2w@virginia.edu) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fork10.mail.virginia.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83DF91F518F for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:22:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from fork10.mail.virginia.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (fork10.mail.virginia.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 21558-07 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:22:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from qw-out-1920.google.com (qw-out-1920.google.com [74.125.92.145]) by fork10.mail.virginia.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58F6E1F5156 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:22:32 -0500 (EST) Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 5so1713743qwf.0 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:22:32 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.100.68 with SMTP id x4mr2573991qcn.1.1235506952015; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:22:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <49A454AB.8040903@smo.de> References: <1235502625.4345.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <49A454AB.8040903@smo.de> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:22:31 -0500 Message-ID: <792298050902241222y2927bbffj210715f259fd28bf@mail.gmail.com> From: L Campbell To: Philipp Ost Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-UVA-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at fork10.mail.virginia.edu 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 20:22:34 -0000 On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Philipp Ost wrote: > Sean Bruno wrote: >> >> I noted that if I choose the auto defaults for my F/S layout, sysinstall >> will not reserve enough space for root(512MB?). =C2=A0This is just barel= y >> enough to recompile and install an updated kernel. =C2=A0Much more than = that >> and the F/S is full. > > On my FreeBSD boxes the size of / is ~256MB of which are ~85MB in use. I'= m > perfectly happy with that ;-) > > I don't quite get your problem there... I suspect you're an extraordinary case. Running 8.0-CURRENT on my laptop with a (very) slimmed down GENERIC, *one* copy of my kernel takes up significantly more space than yours hark@kanaria> du -hd0 /boot/kernel 120M /boot/kernel