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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