recommended size of root partition

[Dmitry Morozovsky]

On Sun, 1 Jul 2007, illoai at gmail.com wrote:

i> > BK> > BK> Thanks!  What command did you use to do the decompression (and what
i> > BK> > BK> was the source from which to decompress)?  I figured that doing an
i> > BK> > BK> extraction would be the best way (since it directly tests the object
i> > BK> > BK> in question), but I couldn't come up with something quick.
i> > 
i> > [snip all other]
i> > 
i> > For quick estimation without instalation media, you can use jail install
i> > procedure:
i> > 
i> > export DESTDIR=/path/to/jail (or setenv in [t]sch)
i> > mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}
i> > cd /usr/src
i> > make installworld distribution installkernel
i> > 
i> > which gives you copy of freshly installed system ready for jail run...
i> > 
i> 
i> Is it faster than:
i> # mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /path/to/6.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso -u 0
i> # mount -t cd9660 /dev/md0 /vcdrom
i> --(leave root so's not to worry about typos here!)--
i> % cd /some/scratch/directory
i> % cat /vcdrom/6.2-RELEASE/base/base.?? | tar zxvf -
i> . . . (I like to watch)
i> % cat /vcdrom/6.2-RELEASE/kernels/generic.?? | tar zxvf -
i> . . . (pages and pages of pathnames)
i> % rm -rf usr/ var/ tmp/
i> % du -d0 -h ./
i> 36M
i> %
i> ?
i> 
i> (this assumes that per sysinstall default /usr /var
i> and /tmp are their own filesystems)

Original poster indicated that he has not quickly available installation media; 
however, it seems he's armed with buildworld results, hence my suggestions.

Sincerely,
D.Marck                                     [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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