Hi All, On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:21:56 +0100, Oliver Brandmueller <o...@e-gitt.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I just noticed somthing: I setup an 8.0-RELEASE amd64 box, / is default > 512M. First step after setup was to csup to RELENG_8 and buildkernel and > buildworld (no custom kernel, no make.conf). > > Instaling the new kernel failed, since /boot/kernel/ is already well > over 230 MBytes in size. moving that to kernel.old and writing a new one > with about the same size fails due to no space left on device. > > This is not a question; I do know how to get around this and how to > configure custom kernels so they are a fragment of that size afterwards. > However, I think this is a clear POLA violation. So, either GENERIC with > less debugging information (symbols and stuff), which makes debugging > harder or setting a higher default for / would be options, if not anyone > else has better ideas. > +1 vote for making / bigger. At least a size where a make installkernel runs through.
I like FreeBSD because it honors POLA. And as Oliver stated, this is a clear POLA violation. Cheers, Marian _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"