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> In-Reply-To: <a0fb7121676fe0c33302c1653d68e3ac@localhost> References: <20100122162155.GG3917@e-Gitt.NET> <a0fb7121676fe0c33302c1653d68e3ac@localhost>
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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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > 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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