[geeks] Dell T105 server arrives

[Sridhar Ayengar]

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.

Peace...  Sridhar