Some ideas on Tim's script

[Brett Wynkoop]

On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:24:58 -0500
George Rosamond <george at ceetonetechnology.com> wrote:

> I mentioned this to Tim offline a while back, but I have some quick 
> thoughts on options for the scripts.
> 
> A bunch of us in NYC*BUG have been hacking on Soekris and Alix boards 
> with i386 for a long while, which lays the basis for some of these
> thoughts.
> 
> But first, with 8G images, I had to adjust the config.sh's SD_SIZE
> below 7900 for Kingston SD Cards to fit.  I can give more specifics
> if desired.  Anyone else experience that?
> 

No problem with my microsd card, but I do not recall what brand it is
and I do not want to shut down the board to check.

> In terms of /etc/fstab, I think adding tmpfs to the kernel would be 
> useful.  Without it, using md(4) for /var/log, /tmp and /var/tmp is 
> certainly a nice way to minimize disk writes.
> 

I agree that tmpfs in the kernel would be good for the above.

> It might also make sense to add rc_debug="YES" and rc_info="YES" to
> the default /etc/rc.conf.  Most users are testing right now, and it's
> only logical for the pool of people hacking on them.
> 
> And maybe to add the relevant ntpdate(8) settings to /etc/rc.conf.

One of the first things I did was put ntpdate into startup, but for
boards not connected to the net that will create a several second hang.

-Brett

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