Hi everyone.
With the latest IPS changes, it appears that the slim CD's root
filesystem needs an additional ~96 Mb. "pkg install" needs the space
when installing additional packages. I believe this is due to the push
for 12409 and 12340.
The 96 Mb breaks down to ~46Mb needed to read the /var/pkg/state/...
tree into memory so it is changeable, and another ~50Mb* used to copy it
as part of the pkg install operation. The slim CD manifest needs the
following changes:
- specify the /var/pkg/state tree as bootroot-resident ("ramdisk-resident")
- specify an additional 50Mb space via
img_params/output_image/boot_archive/size_pad_mb
* 50 Mb used to allow a little extra space for installed packages, etc.
46 Mb may be sufficient.
Not sure if there may be a better strategy to handle this, as this will
impact the minimum memory requirement of systems being able to run a
live CD (whether slim or AI). Any ideas?
On a related subject, in order to install an SVR4 package, the
/var/sadm/install directory tree needs to be brought into the bootroot
as well. This tree is very small however (~16kb).
Please send any comments before Monday AM. I'll file a bug on this (for
manifest changes or whatever else is decided) once discussion (if any)
settles out.
Thanks,
Jack
