From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 25 14:07:02 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 9F9E01065673 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:07:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ianf@clue.co.za) Received: from inbound01.jnb1.gp-online.net (inbound01.jnb1.gp-online.net [41.161.16.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 308128FC1E for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:07:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ianf@clue.co.za) Received: from [41.241.103.105] (helo=clue.co.za) by inbound01.jnb1.gp-online.net with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LcKPZ-00062B-Ec; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:06:57 +0200 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=clue.co.za) by clue.co.za with esmtp (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1LcKPT-0005QN-7X; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:06:51 +0200 To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith From: Ian FREISLICH In-Reply-To: <49A45558.9060000@math.missouri.edu> References: <49A45558.9060000@math.missouri.edu> <1235502625.4345.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-Attribution: BOFH Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:06:51 +0200 Message-Id: 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: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:07:04 -0000 Stephen Montgomery-Smith 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?). This is just barely > > enough to recompile and install an updated kernel. Much more than that > > 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? > > > > Sean > > I have observed the same issue. Somehow there is a lot more stuff in > /boot/kernel than there used to be. I'm guessing that a lot of it is > symbols for the debugger, which used not to be there. And when you have > /boot/kernel.old as well, it really gets pretty full there. > > I don't understand the comment made by another poster that 85MB is > enough. I have a FreeBSD 7 box which was partitioned years ago (back in [brane] /boot $ uname -a FreeBSD brane.freislich.nom.za 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #2: Tue Feb 24 12:45:03 SAST 2009 ianf@brane.freislich.nom.za:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BRANE amd64 [brane] /boot $ du 22 ./defaults 36114 ./kernel 2 ./modules 2 ./firmware 2 ./zfs 32658 ./kernel.old 69722 . I suspect that this config option has a lot to do with how much space your kernels (and modules) use on disk makeoptions DEBUG=-g # Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols Ian -- Ian Freislich