From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 26 16:35:16 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 9A46B106568B for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:35:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D0AD8FC24 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:35:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from phenom.cordula.ws (phenom [192.168.254.60]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C625C36D1D; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:35:13 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:35:13 +0200 From: cpghost To: "Svein Skogen (listmail account)" Message-ID: <20090826163513.GG11739@phenom.cordula.ws> References: <4A94382A.5080708@stillbilde.net> <4A944612.6010107@netability.ie> <4A945216.4040603@stillbilde.net> <4A94528A.5030609@netability.ie> <4A950054.4080104@andric.com> <4A955D24.1020803@netability.ie> <4A9561C1.8020402@stillbilde.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A9561C1.8020402@stillbilde.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Our old friend, the small default layout is back... 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, 26 Aug 2009 16:35:16 -0000 On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 06:24:33PM +0200, Svein Skogen (listmail account) wrote: > Actually, I can see a scenario where an increased root fs size may be > problematic. That's when you're setting up FreeBSD on a smallish 4GB > CF-card, which is relevant when people are using FreeBSD to build a > no-movable-parts router and so on. But, in real life, when you're > setting up such a specialized machine, you basically need to set up your > FS'es manually anyways. In real life, you may want to update those routers too, and that's when it becomes problematic, depending on your work flow. Of course, one could always build a kernel without symbols so it fits in the smallish root-fs, but those were just too useful not to build them. My wish would be a change to the buildkernel/installkernel target, so that it puts the symbols (or kernel+symbols) somewhere outside root, and put a stripped version of the kernel in /boot instead. This would immediately free up a lot of space in /, and would be much more preferable than growing / once again. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/