-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Nick Hilliard wrote: > On 25/08/2009 20:14, Svein Skogen (listmail account) wrote: >> Just finished setting up a RELENG_8 box (using install media from BETA2). >> >> Seems our old friend the too small root partition (by default) for x64 >> is back. Should this be fixed before the RC, so users applying >> buildworld->buildkernel->installkernel->installworld doesn't get tossed >> out of their cycle by an out-of-space error? > > Disk space is dirt cheap. Please someone just bump this up to 1G so > that the problem goes away for a long time. > > Pro: disk space costs around 10c-15c per gigabyte these days. It is > worth investing 10 or even 15 cents worth of disk space now in order to > save the freebsd user base from pointless hair-pulling and > teeth-gnashing in the future. > > Con: there is still probably a miniscule number of people installing > freebsd on ancient equipment with 20G hard disks; in this case, you > could argue that 1G is a substantial amount of space. On the other > hand, anyone installing freebsd8 on ancient iron is probably familiar > enough with the installation procedure to notice and change this default > on their own system. > This is currently only a real problem with the x64 version. How many antiquities with x64 capabilities will FreeBSD be run on? //Svein - -- - --------+-------------------+------------------------------- /"\ |Svein Skogen | svein_at_d80.iso100.no \ / |Solberg Østli 9 | PGP Key: 0xE5E76831 X |2020 Skedsmokorset | svein_at_jernhuset.no / \ |Norway | PGP Key: 0xCE96CE13 | | svein_at_stillbilde.net ascii | | PGP Key: 0x58CD33B6 ribbon |System Admin | svein-listmail_at_stillbilde.net Campaign|stillbilde.net | PGP Key: 0x22D494A4 +-------------------+------------------------------- |msn messenger: | Mobile Phone: +47 907 03 575 |svein_at_jernhuset.no | RIPE handle: SS16503-RIPE - --------+-------------------+------------------------------- If you really are in a hurry, mail me at svein-mobile_at_stillbilde.net This mailbox goes directly to my cellphone and is checked even when I'm not in front of my computer. - ------------------------------------------------------------ Picture Gallery: https://gallery.stillbilde.net/v/svein/ - ------------------------------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkqUUhYACgkQODUnwSLUlKTafACgqEwtRrQQSiM4JeNVDvcVX5wM D80An0iItD+yYu/fR8bGWGhJW+XoRAXq =fCjx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----Received on Tue Aug 25 2009 - 19:05:28 UTC
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