Re: [Fwd: What do people think about not installing a stripped /kernel ?]

From: Giorgos Keramidas (keramida_at_freebsd.org)
Date: 10/20/04

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    Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:09:07 +0300
To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>

    On 2004-10-20 10:58, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
    > In message: <20041020154545.GA15763@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
    > Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> writes:
    > : That's not just cheap. It's dirt cheap, if you ask me. Bearing
    > : this in mind, saving a little space in /boot/kernel is hardly worth
    > : the effort and the trouble one has to go through in order to locate
    > : or compile a debugging kernel when a bug creeps up.
    >
    > But the time it takes me to resize / to accomidate the larger
    > requirements of the kernel will easily swamp the cost of the disk. It
    > usually takes me about 3 hours to do the conversion if all goes well,
    > 10 or more if something bad happens during it. This can easily add up
    > to hundreds or thousands of dollars depending on who has to sit around
    > waiting.

    True. This is why making this tunable at installworld time is
    absolutely necessary.

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