-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 cpghost wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:28:52AM +0200, Dimitry Andric wrote: >> On 2009-08-25 23:07, Nick Hilliard wrote: >>> Someone will complain. There's always someone. >> And of course, if you crank the default root fs size to 1 GiB, the >> complaints will come that "FreeBSD wastes your disk space". ;) > > Kids theres days... ;-) > > But seriously now: as someone using FreeBSD on embedded devices, I'll > definitely complain. There's absolutely NO reason a root partition > should be that big (in the default install)! > > Where's the bloat coming from anyway? From debug symbols of *two* > kernels (/boot/kernel, and /boot/kernel.old)! Nothing prevents us > from moving those debug symbols outside that tree into another > partition (e.g. /var). > > Please keep / minimalistic. Everything else can be worked around > nicely; an ever growing root fs (a la Linux?) being the notable > exception. I agree to the "keep / minimalistic" train of thought. How about being able to move /boot to a separate FS? //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/ iEYEARECAAYFAkqVY0AACgkQODUnwSLUlKR19gCfXAEKXvqY64tGZqL0acgUci0I scIAn0t++g+aInkWEpJ/YTMzNYSfaBni =vEkO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----Received on Wed Aug 26 2009 - 14:30:57 UTC
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