Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 08:53:49 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IT'S FIXED!! Whew! (was:Make Installworld fills up / ...help!) Message-ID: <20011227085348.A27331@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <20011223002903.GB34036@laptop.lambertfam.org>; from lambert@lambertfam.org on Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 07:29:03PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0112181526200.86140-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> <3C22915C.F31E2C61@attbi.com> <20011220174037.A1142@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <3C2294FE.CB900677@attbi.com> <20011220180038.A3775@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <3C24B0B9.2597A8D9@attbi.com> <20011222162056.A28561@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <20011223002903.GB34036@laptop.lambertfam.org>
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--2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 07:29:03PM -0500, Scott Lambert wrote: > On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 04:20:56PM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote: > > I wonder if we should consider adding a check to > > installworld/installkernel to refuse to install on very small / > > partitions since the failure mode is really ugly (losing files in /bin > > or /sbin). >=20 > I have a system with and extremely small / partition. I get around this= =20 > by sitting on another console entering "sync && sync && sync" every few= =20 > seconds. Would it be possible to check for a small / partition and if=20 > it is tight, kick off a small script that forces softupdates to flush > all pending updates every 30 seconds or so? This would seem to be=20 > better than just leaving the user out in the cold. This would only help people who a) ignored the advice to not do this and b) are not actually out of space. I can't really bring my self to care much about the problems of people who run softupdates on small /'s (though I suppose I'm concerned about the people on -questions and -stable who have to deal with them). I'm much more concerned about installs failing due to actually running out of space due to module growth. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8K1IcXY6L6fI4GtQRAgyoAKC/vbB/3YBu1pmxtIc4z72vSAdVfgCggqB5 4R0mfhmf/PyfLNPRv+rM5Q8= =AHBo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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