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Date:      Tue, 2 Feb 2010 17:43:01 -0800
From:      Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org>
To:        Marian Hettwer <mh@kernel32.de>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 8.0-RELEASE -> -STABLE and size of /
Message-ID:  <e277d6c81002021743t70572b14s64b5f0c032e07d9f@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Marian Hettwer <mh@kernel32.de> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:21:56 +0100, Oliver Brandmueller <ob@e-Gitt.NET>
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just noticed somthing: I setup an 8.0-RELEASE amd64 box, / is default
>> 512M. First step after setup was to csup to RELENG_8 and buildkernel and
>> buildworld (no custom kernel, no make.conf).
>>
>> Instaling the new kernel failed, since /boot/kernel/ is already well
>> over 230 MBytes in size. moving that to kernel.old and writing a new one
>> with about the same size fails due to no space left on device.
>>
>> This is not a question; I do know how to get around this and how to
>> configure custom kernels so they are a fragment of that size afterwards.
>> However, I think this is a clear POLA violation. So, either GENERIC with
>> less debugging information (symbols and stuff), which makes debugging
>> harder or setting a higher default for / would be options, if not anyone
>> else has better ideas.
>>
> +1 vote for making / bigger.
> At least a size where a make installkernel runs through.
>
> I like FreeBSD because it honors POLA.
> And as Oliver stated, this is a clear POLA violation.
>
> Cheers,
> Marian
>
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This is going to happen. It's been on my to-do list for a while, as I
find it increasingly annoying. The default sizes of all mount points
need to be tweaked a bit. Be patient, there will be some new changes
going into sysinstall very soon.

-- randi



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