Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 13:17:04 +0200 (CEST) From: Marius Bendiksen <mbendiks@eunet.no> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Partitioning (was: ccd with other filesystems) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10010051312300.13222-100000@login-1.eunet.no> In-Reply-To: <20001005101454.I7292@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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> OK, I rephrase that: it adds functionality that is seldom needed. > Nearly all my boxes only run a single operating system, and there's no > need for this additional bloat. To date, I've never run a FreeBSD _workstation_ that didn't share disks with another operating system. Also, the ability for FreeBSD to coexist with other systems has been one of the vital ingredients for me when I am trying to convince a potential new user to try it out. I think you would need to do an extensive poll to be able to track whether this configuration is "seldom" used. And as to bloat, I am certain there are less needed parts of the system you could just as easily trim away. For example, have a look at all the legacy code in msdosfs. If anyone wants them, I've got patches lying about that fix this. Haven't gotten around to send-pr'ing them yet. Marius To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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