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Date:      Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:09:07 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [Fwd: What do people think about not installing a stripped /kernel ?]
Message-ID:  <20041020170907.GA1216@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
In-Reply-To: <20041020.105839.100358845.imp@bsdimp.com>
References:  <41767CF1.2020005@FreeBSD.org> <20041020154545.GA15763@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20041020.105839.100358845.imp@bsdimp.com>

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On 2004-10-20 10:58, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
> In message: <20041020154545.GA15763@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
>             Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> writes:
> : That's not just cheap.  It's dirt cheap, if you ask me.  Bearing
> : this in mind, saving a little space in /boot/kernel is hardly worth
> : the effort and the trouble one has to go through in order to locate
> : or compile a debugging kernel when a bug creeps up.
>
> But the time it takes me to resize / to accomidate the larger
> requirements of the kernel will easily swamp the cost of the disk.  It
> usually takes me about 3 hours to do the conversion if all goes well,
> 10 or more if something bad happens during it.  This can easily add up
> to hundreds or thousands of dollars depending on who has to sit around
> waiting.

True.  This is why making this tunable at installworld time is
absolutely necessary.



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