Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:39:15 -0700 From: Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org> To: Brett Wynkoop <wynkoop@wynn.com> Cc: george@ceetonetechnology.com, freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Some ideas on Tim's script Message-ID: <1359567555.93359.250.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> In-Reply-To: <20130130110138.62b4570e@ivory.lan> References: <51092D3A.4060608@ceetonetechnology.com> <20130130110138.62b4570e@ivory.lan>
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On Wed, 2013-01-30 at 11:01 -0500, Brett Wynkoop wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:24:58 -0500 > George Rosamond <george@ceetonetechnology.com> wrote: > > > I mentioned this to Tim offline a while back, but I have some quick > > thoughts on options for the scripts. > > > > A bunch of us in NYC*BUG have been hacking on Soekris and Alix boards > > with i386 for a long while, which lays the basis for some of these > > thoughts. > > > > But first, with 8G images, I had to adjust the config.sh's SD_SIZE > > below 7900 for Kingston SD Cards to fit. I can give more specifics > > if desired. Anyone else experience that? > > > > No problem with my microsd card, but I do not recall what brand it is > and I do not want to shut down the board to check. > Look in /var/run/dmesg.boot for this line: mmcsd0: 1876MB <SD SU02G 8.0 SN 3406901 MFG 09/2010 by 48 SD> That's the manufacturer info (SD = sandisk in this case). The number (48, its base-10) is the manufacturer ID, which you can look up on websites when you don't recognize the initials. > > In terms of /etc/fstab, I think adding tmpfs to the kernel would be > > useful. Without it, using md(4) for /var/log, /tmp and /var/tmp is > > certainly a nice way to minimize disk writes. > > > > I agree that tmpfs in the kernel would be good for the above. > > > It might also make sense to add rc_debug="YES" and rc_info="YES" to > > the default /etc/rc.conf. Most users are testing right now, and it's > > only logical for the pool of people hacking on them. > > > > And maybe to add the relevant ntpdate(8) settings to /etc/rc.conf. > > One of the first things I did was put ntpdate into startup, but for > boards not connected to the net that will create a several second hang. Better than ntpdate is to set ntpd_enable and ntpd_sync_on_start to YES. -- Ian
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