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Date:      Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:15:40 +1000
From:      "Philip Paeps" <philip@freebsd.org>
To:        "Conrad Meyer" <cem@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "Ed Maste" <emaste@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, "Ben Woods" <woodsb02@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r356758 - in head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall: . scripts
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On 2020-01-16 13:32:07 (+1000), Conrad Meyer wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 6:15 PM Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 at 17:55, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
>>> It's not i386 vs amd64 that's the issue. It's the total amount of 
>>> RAM. ZFS
>>> is perfectly happy with i386 installs with enough RAM. We'd catch 
>>> most
>>> sub-optimal cases if we'd offer it only for systems with > ~2-4GB.
>>
>> Very good point, defaulting to UFS for <4GB and ZFS for >=4GB sounds
>> decent to me.

I would support that.

Ben: can you add a check for memory around the default selection?

> I'd suggest UFS < 16 GB and ZFS >= 16 GB instead.

4GB is _plenty_ for ZFS.

But I'd like mine purple with yellow spots please. :)

Philip

-- 
Philip Paeps
Senior Reality Engineer
Alternative Enterprises



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