Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:58:09 -0400 From: Jerry <freebsd.user@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk Usage Message-ID: <20100423115809.27930745@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <4439ymb379.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20100422120223.2d1d50f4@scorpio.seibercom.net> <4439ymb379.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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--Sig_/blS2LimO1L1K+E4NBdDN7eT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:26:02 -0400 Lowell <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> articulated: > Jerry <freebsd.user@seibercom.net> writes: >=20 > > I just did a fresh install of FreeBSD-8.0/amd64. Previously, I had > > FreeBSD-7.3/i386 installed. It appears the the size of "/" has > > increased dramatically. > > > > $ df -H > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > > /dev/ad0s1a 1.0G 527M 428M 55% / > > devfs 1.0k 1.0k 0B 100% /dev > > /dev/ad0s1d 520M 18k 478M 0% /tmp > > /dev/ad0s1e 236G 6.0G 212G 3% /usr > > /dev/ad1s1d 238G 720M 218G 0% /var > > > > When I attempted to build World and a new kernel after first > > installing 8.0, I received an error that "/" was at 106% and the > > process stopped. I reinstalled 8.0 and increased the size to 1.0G > > and now everything appears to be working correctly. > > > > In my old installation, the root directory only used a minuscule > > amount of space. Why has it increased so dramatically in 8.0/amd64? >=20 > New modules, mostly. OK, in that case, the install utility should be updated to allocate a larger share to the root directory. As I stated, I ran out of room while doing an initial World/Kernel build. Perhaps a mention in the documentation would also be beneficial. Just my 2=C2=A2. --=20 Jerry FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ Leave no stone unturned. Euripides --Sig_/blS2LimO1L1K+E4NBdDN7eT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJL0cOXAAoJEG9foMc/I4RrEQQH/1B2oTJaeSaMRL6Xe1cR0yFc +5C9xArSnF5Cvdzt7IpXG7NqXg+/AY8glRU/7wEGNwFDUFJqyB5+OI5k59u68IdO LI6G7FxDbMMX3tecFnk821ZS90RMot3WLaT4SWKtjlsrxiVC9KwYUh3mCMU82/mi S56ooMgVBUmtHwZPvSvWxsfJTVwv2k/XDKS+zvYTSEsGA38aPdIzpFSCR+CrWJK3 oLhsZee8lxHRjaEOGDS2RkP94KrkQiBKpbZkOB8ZwrJ6DHX6kdA4t58GnQIOkz+J U57NE8nR/0P0N6X9T119j05zIWFIX865Riod9PX7YidnlsgsxqL51Rdui4sc4c4= =DVbZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/blS2LimO1L1K+E4NBdDN7eT--
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