[geeks] Dell T105 server arrives

Sandwich Maker adh at an.bradford.ma.us
Wed Apr 2 11:03:02 CDT 2008


" From: Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net>
" 
" On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 11:19:38AM -0400, Shannon Hendrix wrote:
" 
"  
" > NetBSD has the right idea: a small base system that installs in no  
" > time, and crystal clarity when adding the packages you need.
" 
" Sure, but even netbsd would probably install faster if they dd'd a 150
" meg base system to the desired partition, then expanded the FFS to fill
" the partition.  That is, that would be fast if FFS could do that, which
" I don't think it can.

sun ufs can; se growfs and the undoc -g opt to mkfs/newfs.
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