Bug 20865

Summary: Installation auto default 50 MB root not big enough
Product: Base System Reporter: stork <stork>
Component: miscAssignee: Murray Stokely <murray>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Unspecified   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description stork 2000-08-26 18:50:01 UTC 
Auto slicing gives a 50 MB root on a 3+ GB drive. If one then tries to install a lot, there are failures writing to root.

Fix: 

The problem vanishes if root is manually set at 70 MB.

The best solution would be to move out of root everything that is not part of the core operating system.
How-To-Repeat: Use auto slicing to get a root partition of 50 MB and install everything.
Comment 1 Sheldon Hearn freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2000-08-28 10:54:19 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed
Comment 2 Sheldon Hearn freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2000-08-28 10:55:16 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: closed->open

Closed with no message.
Comment 3 Sheldon Hearn freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2000-08-28 10:55:44 UTC 
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From-To: open->closed

Duplicate of numerous PRs on the same issue.  Quite some 
discussion has resulted in very little progress.  The  
bottom line seems to be that no default is going to 
work for everyone.  perhaps this explains the reluctance 
to make a change.
Comment 4 Sheldon Hearn 2000-08-28 18:02:49 UTC 
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000 12:03:27 -0400, Garrett Wollman wrote:

> As the original implementor of the `A' option, I believe it needs to
> be changed.  I'd like to see it bring up a menu giving a number of
> choices for different standard filesystem layouts [1], but even in the
> absence of that, there is no excuse for the default root and /var
> partitions being so small.

And guess what?  I can only find a few only slightly related PR's.  The
discussions I saw must have taken place on the mailing lists. :-(

I'll re-open the PR.  Sorry about the premature closure.

Ciao,
Sheldon.
Comment 5 Sheldon Hearn freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2000-08-28 18:03:30 UTC 
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From-To: closed->open

Prematurely closed -- it seems that the discussions I remember 
on this issue took place on mailing lists, not in the PR 
audit trails of any significant PR's.
Comment 6 Sheldon Hearn freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2000-08-28 18:03:30 UTC 
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From-To: freebsd-bugs->murray

Murray, various members of the ideas brigade have strong opinions 
about this, although I don't recall seeing any patches.  Still, 
you'd certainly shut a lot of people up if you provided the 
kind of functionality that Garrett's talking about. :-)
Comment 7 Murray Stokely freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-03-14 10:15:14 UTC 
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From-To: open->closed

The default root size was bumped several months ago.  In the future we 
can look at ways to offer users a choice of several different 
filesystem layouts but I think this is something to be tackled after 
we get a new packaging system and system installer.