Hi, On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Brett Glass <br...@lariat.net> wrote: > At 12:03 PM 9/26/2011, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > >> On Mon, 26 Sep 2011, John Baldwin wrote: >> >>> I can't speak to the "one-big-fs" bit (there was another thread long ago >>> about >>> that). However, as to the partitioning bit, bsdinstall is defaulting to >>> using >> >> The question of how to layout and split filesystems was discussed at the >> filesystems working group of the devsummit at BSDCan this may. >> (http://wiki.freebsd.org/201105DevSummit/FileSystems down to "Filesystem >> Layout" near the bottom) Though "one big root" did not garner a huge amount >> of support, neither were there particularly compelling arguments against it >> (if I remember correctly). It's certainly easier to write an >> autopartitioner for, so I don't really blame Nathan for having chosen it >> initially. > > My personal preference would be to place portions of the directory tree > which contain critical configuration information and are not written in > normal use -- e.g. /etc and /boot -- > The problem with /boot on a dedicated partition is the the kernel, since at least 8.x, is installed by default with a vast majority of crap. That's all the .symbols, that 99% of FreeBSD users will never uses.
Beside that, the auto-partitionner refuses to work on <1G drive, which is really ridiculous... FreeBSD 9.0BETA2 bases + games fit in 310MB, crap taken out. - Arnaud _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
