From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 9 09:24:22 2011 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 416011065670 for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2011 09:24:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6727@bellsouth.net) Received: from fmailhost01.isp.att.net (fmailhost01.isp.att.net [204.127.217.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 314048FC0C for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2011 09:24:21 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 09:24:20 +0000 (GMT) X-Comment: Sending client does not conform to RFC822 minimum requirements X-Comment: Date has been added by Maillennium Received: from localhost (adsl-68-210-187-7.sdf.bellsouth.net[68.210.187.7]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc01) with SMTP id <20111009092420H0100n3gd1e>; Sun, 9 Oct 2011 09:24:20 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [68.210.187.7] From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20111009092422.416011065670@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Memstick image differences between 8.x and 9.x 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: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 09:24:22 -0000 One issue that has not come up on the emailing list is that dd, designed to work with memsticks of various capacities, can not make the backup gpt at the end of the memstick. Partition is just big enough to hold the data, and I ran out of inodes at times due to the installer writing to /tmp on the memstick. Maybe a script to put a backup GPT at the end on the memstick, and make the second partition fill the space available so as not to be too tightly squeezed? Tom