Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:39:51 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1046882392.bb0c0d@mired.org> To: Thanos Tsouanas <thief_grr@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dist and /modules.old Message-ID: <15967.37079.931304.796872@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20030228011221.44087.qmail@web13507.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030228011221.44087.qmail@web13507.mail.yahoo.com>
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In <20030228011221.44087.qmail@web13507.mail.yahoo.com>, Thanos Tsouanas <thief_grr@yahoo.com> typed: > Hello everyone.. > Anyone knows why those two dirs ( /dist and /modules.old ) exist? /modules.old is created as part of the kernel installation process as a place to back up your old modules so you can recover from a failed kernel update. /dist is probably (<- means I'm not sure) leftover from the installation process. It may be used by /stand/sysinstall to mount things if you run that. > Is it safe enuff to rm 'em both? /modules.old will be recreated as needed. /dist may not, but should only cause problems with sysinstall not being able to mount a distribution. If you never use sysinstall, it won't be a problem. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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