On Wednesday 09 January 2013 05:38:26 Hugo Osvaldo Barrera wrote: > On 2013-01-04 00:41, Aaron Mason wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Hugo Osvaldo Barrera > > <h...@osvaldobarrera.com.ar> wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I'm curious as to why growfs is not included in bsd.rd. Is there any > >> particular reason for this? I belive it would be inmensly useful - since > >> bsd.rd is the first thing one would think of when needing to grow a root > >> partition (or a partition you don't want normally want to unmount). > >> > >> I've googled a bit, but haven't found anything related. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> -- > >> Hugo Osvaldo Barrera > >> > > > > It's not too difficult to add tools to the ramdisk. > > > > http://www.thats-too-much.info/2013/01/04/work-smarter-not-harder-roll-your-own-openbsd-ram-disk/ > > > > My goal with this email was rather aimed to suggest growfs be included, > or to ask why it isn't, I've found I can easily mount /, copy growfs, > and umount / as a quick workaround anyway. >
Space is the main reason. The mini system still has to fit on small install media. If you look at the install floppy's, you will see that they have to prune the kernel to make it fit. That job will get more difficult or maybe impossible if the mini system gets larger. I'm sure it is mentioned somewhere. Of course they can make a different mini system for bsd.rd. But again, more work and you get two different mini systems. gr Renzo
