From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 29 06:44:20 2005 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6353316A41F for <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 06:44:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rees@ddcom.co.jp) Received: from proxy.ddcom.co.jp (proxy.ddcom.co.jp [211.121.191.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C023B43D53 for <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 06:44:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rees@ddcom.co.jp) Received: (qmail 5876 invoked by alias); 29 Aug 2005 06:52:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?172.16.1.133?) (10.10.10.11) by mail.ddcom.local with SMTP; 29 Aug 2005 06:52:38 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) In-Reply-To: <200508282330.09302.dinom@balstonresearch.com> References: <200508282330.09302.dinom@balstonresearch.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <35B88567-1C0D-411E-9088-561600D09C83@ddcom.co.jp> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Joel Rees <rees@ddcom.co.jp> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:44:14 +0900 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Subject: Re: Sysinstall automatic filesystem size generation. X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code <freebsd-stable.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable>, <mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable>, <mailto:freebsd-stable-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 06:44:20 -0000 On =E5=B9=B3=E6=88=90 17/08/29, at 12:30, C. Michailidis wrote: > [...] > I understand that the automatically generated values by sysinstall =20 > are the "dumbest" settings you can ask for... but auto-allocating a =20= > maximum of 256mb for the root, var, and tmp filesystems (even if =20 > you have an incredibly large slice in the 100's of GB) seems to be =20 > BEYOND dumb. Perhaps I've just pointed out that I am, in fact, =20 > beyond dumb, lol! ;-) > > Anyway, If it's simply a matter of not having enough programming =20 > resources, I'd be more than happy to make the changes to sysinstall =20= > and offer the unified diffs. Just let me know your thoughts so =20 > that the changes may be relevant for all users. I can sympathize. I've been caught by bad partition sizes. But I never take the default sizes. In particular, I check the size =20 of /var and its sub-partitions carefully. (Seems like nobody uses /=20 tmp that heavily anymore, but /var/tmp gets hit a lot, and /var/log =20 may need to be relatively huge, depending on what the system is =20 doing, etc.) A partition "wizard" (I hate that term, but you know what I mean.) =20 that would coach new users and remind old users about the effects of =20 freeBSD layout on partition sizes would, I'm sure, be welcome, if you =20= want to take the trouble. Mind you, simple ruled apportionment would =20 not be sufficient. We would like to have sets of rules, one for a =20 pure web server, one for a basic home-user websurfing, e-mailing, =20 letter-writing coffee-table-top, several for different kinds of =20 firewalls and bridges, ... And what about older disks, where cylinder sizes, number of reported =20 heads, etc. were meaningful? No, that's probably not relevant except =20 for RAIDs. (As long as I'm making demands on your time, why not think big? ;^) Anyway, it could be a useful project, but you'll want to recognize =20 there's a lot of stuff hiding under the surface there. Joel Rees <rees@ddcom.co.jp> digitcom, inc. =E6=A0=AA=E5=BC=8F=E4=BC=9A=E7=A4=BE=E3=83=87=E3=82=B8=E3= =82=B3=E3=83=A0 Kobe, Japan +81-78-672-8800 ** <http://www.ddcom.co.jp> **