From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 23 15:58:22 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35B72106566C for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:58:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.user@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-pw0-f54.google.com (mail-pw0-f54.google.com [209.85.160.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE7B68FC1B for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:58:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwi9 with SMTP id 9so7148692pwi.13 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:58:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.135.20 with SMTP id m20mr355875wan.54.1272038300486; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:58:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (c-67-189-160-65.hsd1.ny.comcast.net [67.189.160.65]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 29sm5341480waf.3.2010.04.23.08.58.18 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:58:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (zeus.seibercom.net [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: FreeBSD.user@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 77CFAE15408 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:58:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:58:09 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> Organization: Seibercom X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.5 (GTK+ 2.18.7; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.0) X-Face: #"DtK&7^5P|u6yesiHW<_YTpWs>V8v|7J%W[b6O~\9emUr??J}9>jRP`j"a7j aE,2>V.`kdX53n; 0L; z[Y*]80/iO& List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:58:22 -0000 --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 articulated: > Jerry 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--