On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Marian Hettwer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:21:56 +0100, Oliver Brandmueller <[email protected]> > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" >
This is going to happen. It's been on my to-do list for a while, as I find it increasingly annoying. The default sizes of all mount points need to be tweaked a bit. Be patient, there will be some new changes going into sysinstall very soon. -- randi _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
