From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 3 01:43:01 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C67ED106566B for ; Wed, 3 Feb 2010 01:43:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sektie@gmail.com) Received: from mail-px0-f183.google.com (mail-px0-f183.google.com [209.85.216.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C0408FC16 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 2010 01:43:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi13 with SMTP id 13so773126pxi.3 for ; Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:43:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type; bh=TEMhinOPlv288Wlp7v7kflXVAYLj3k9IsD9grP9gh/0=; b=SeBTqj2R+2xdUA/8FBgsm0REt+O5A9qBtGYC8hkmQoCOViu+LhxAxlnpplQbJcAfwS dwOgqg2jLs5Gi88OU6yDuQoLoIsiTbSRhktjRwoAltDfqCMmNefFo5AKmNJACLqnPzai 0j9wM4MsFVGA6lDk3MoEXJWyZR46usc4/oDYk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=ZdhBVPD1ebKBu/5DgaYLLY8c//kbp6U09CY81dnPIEtWHJKkejihP5iiejQOsLP97b 53jIo3OBXpPe7voaNxA96FJ9C8nnVT71wS+lFe6bgSYLhKVTzaYY13kbW7xF0HAdLtge NEqXGTpPn1s776rL+0GCEZN8TM4uiTKAcszL4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: sektie@gmail.com Received: by 10.142.117.1 with SMTP id p1mr1011473wfc.185.1265161381280; Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:43:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20100122162155.GG3917@e-Gitt.NET> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 17:43:01 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 528d2e2c69466848 Message-ID: From: Randi Harper To: Marian Hettwer Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.0-RELEASE -> -STABLE and size of / X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:43:01 -0000 On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Marian Hettwer wrote: > Hi All, > > On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:21:56 +0100, Oliver Brandmueller > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I just noticed somthing: I setup an 8.0-RELEASE amd64 box, / is default >> 512M. First step after setup was to csup to RELENG_8 and buildkernel and >> buildworld (no custom kernel, no make.conf). >> >> Instaling the new kernel failed, since /boot/kernel/ is already well >> over 230 MBytes in size. moving that to kernel.old and writing a new one >> with about the same size fails due to no space left on device. >> >> This is not a question; I do know how to get around this and how to >> configure custom kernels so they are a fragment of that size afterwards. >> However, I think this is a clear POLA violation. So, either GENERIC with >> less debugging information (symbols and stuff), which makes debugging >> harder or setting a higher default for / would be options, if not anyone >> else has better ideas. >> > +1 vote for making / bigger. > At least a size where a make installkernel runs through. > > I like FreeBSD because it honors POLA. > And as Oliver stated, this is a clear POLA violation. > > Cheers, > Marian > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > This is going to happen. It's been on my to-do list for a while, as I find it increasingly annoying. The default sizes of all mount points need to be tweaked a bit. Be patient, there will be some new changes going into sysinstall very soon. -- randi