Feature #4788
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Can 8g or larger nanobsd images be made?
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Description
I am loading a number of ISO images and files onto \tftpboot for use with the TFTP package and pxelinux but find the 1.8g of space on the 4g image is limiting the usability. (currently have about 1.87g of stuff I want to put on the TFTP server)
I currently have a 32gb SSD installed on the PC and could do a normal install but prefer both the extra security of the RO nanobsd filesystem as well as how it limits the writes to the SSD to extend hardware life.
Can 8g or 16g images be added to the regular nanobsd releases to accommodate this scenario? (flash is always getting cheaper and larger so I cant see it hurting anything)
I am currently using pfSense-2.2.3-RELEASE-4g-amd64-nanobsd-vga.img.gz
Thanks for taking the time to read/review this request.
Updated by Jim Pingle almost 10 years ago
- Status changed from New to Rejected
The builder has code to make 8 and 16GB images, but we don't generate them ourselves. We do not recommend using NanoBSD with SSDs. A full install with /var and /tmp in RAM disks is roughly equivalent, disk-usage wise, except for packages. That said, a modern tier-1 manufacturer SSD would not have any concerns in that area.
NanoBSD will be going away eventually, at this point it does not make sense to expand the image size offerings.
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