On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Christoph Mallon <christoph.mallon_at_gmx.de> wrote: > Sean Bruno schrieb: >> >> I noted that if I choose the auto defaults for my F/S layout, sysinstall >> will not reserve enough space for root(512MB?). This is just barely >> enough to recompile and install an updated kernel. Much more than that >> and the F/S is full. >> >> I would assume that the default would be much larger now-a-days. I think >> a simple doubling to 1G would be sufficient. >> >> Comments? > > You are not supposed to compile stuff (or put any other large and often > changing stuff) on the root fs. uhmmm.... i _think_ he is talking about the fact that 512mb root fs is barely enough to keep /boot/kernel/ and /boot/kernel.old/ together. surely you agree that keeping previous (working) copy of the kernel is a "really good idea" when trying out new kernel. i personally have been bitten by the same problem. spinning hard drives are _really_ big and cheap those days, so i would say we probably should increase default root fs size. thanks, maxReceived on Tue Feb 24 2009 - 19:10:57 UTC
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