From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 8 08:10:58 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C2B91065693 for ; Thu, 8 Oct 2009 08:10:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (unknown [IPv6:2607:f678:1010::34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16FDA8FC22 for ; Thu, 8 Oct 2009 08:10:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id n988Ausr057806 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 8 Oct 2009 01:10:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) with UUCP id n988Auoo057805; Thu, 8 Oct 2009 01:10:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fbsd61 by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA19053; Thu, 8 Oct 09 01:00:43 PDT Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:02:32 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <4acd9c98.Mf06e1KlRm+blPrD%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <200910071110.n97BANiE012861@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <200910071110.n97BANiE012861@lurza.secnetix.de> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: chrisstankevitz@yahoo.com, olli@lurza.secnetix.de Subject: Re: / almost out of space just after installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:10:58 -0000 Oliver Fromme wrote: > Chris Stankevitz wrote: > ... > > Q1: Is 26M free space on / after installing FreeBSD normal? > > It depends on the FreeBSD version, and whether you installed > the kernel with debug symbols. 430 MB space used in the > root file system isn't completely uncommon. > > Nowadays I recomment to spend 1 GB for the root file system ... I have long wondered where sysinstall gets its default FS sizes. At least as far back as SunOs 3.5* the installer was able to auto- size the partitions based on the selected distribution sets. Of course, this means that the installer must know the size of each distribution set -- on each of /, /usr, and /var -- and that the selection of what to install has to happen before the partitioning is actually done. I would think that the sizing of the distribution sets could easily be automated as part of the release process, and that the needed reordering of the installation process would not be all that difficult for someone familiar with sysinstall and accustomed to coding in the language involved. * a commercial incarnation of 4.2BSD, some 20 or 30 years ago; I date myself by having even heard of it :)