Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 15:33:30 +0100 From: Joe Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: Nils Holland <nils@nightcastleproductions.org> Cc: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: size of root (was Re: Debugging Kernel....) Message-ID: <20000504153330.L8875@pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005041551210.566-100000@tempest.ncptiddische.net>; from nils@nightcastleproductions.org on Thu, May 04, 2000 at 04:00:49PM %2B0200 References: <4.2.2.20000503225125.04551218@mail.sentex.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005041551210.566-100000@tempest.ncptiddische.net>
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On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 04:00:49PM +0200, Nils Holland wrote: > > Having read this, I wonder how I can change the size of / without having > to re-install the whole system. Currently I'm using the default size > FreeBSD has choosen for /, but what do I do if the default size should > some day turn out to be too small, I think a re-installation is required > then, isn't it? I also think that the FreeBSD installation program should > should rather create a bigger than a too small / by default. Many users, > especially those installing FreeBSD for the first time, cannot forsee the > size they could need in the future and so they decide to let FreeBSD set > the size of the slices since they think that's the safest bet. These users > will get pretty mad when they note that after some time they get serious > problems with the size of their root partition. There's work in progress to provide partition resizing tools with FreeBSD. Don't hold your breath though, there's still quite a few months work left to do. Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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