[geeks] Dell T105 server arrives

[Joshua Boyd]

On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 12:00:18PM -0400, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> Joshua Boyd 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.
> 
> If NetBSD did that, I'd stop using NetBSD.  The way I partition, the 
> base system ends up on more than one partition, by design.

If netbsd ever did that, I would imagine that it would also offer
multiple installers.