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Date:      Sun, 10 Mar 2002 12:17:05 +0100
From:      Alex <FreeBSD@cybertron.tmfweb.nl>
To:        "Jolok" <joshualokken@attbi.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Freeing space on /usr
Message-ID:  <321842940.20020310121705@cybertron.tmfweb.nl>
In-Reply-To: <001d01c1c896$e76a7d90$06aae00c@jolok>
References:  <001d01c1c896$e76a7d90$06aae00c@jolok>

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Hello Jolok,

Monday, March 11, 2002, 1:51:36 AM, you wrote:

J> hello:

J> i just made xfree86-4.2.0 after a clean install of FreeBSD 4.5 with the
J> ports collection and no x.  the make went well, but after 'make install', it
J> cooks along for awhile, then i run out of space on my /usr slice.  i am
J> running a 3.2 GB disk with s 1.4GB /usr slice--why is this happening?  I was
J> under the impression that FreeBSD was fairly small.  What can i safely
J> delete (or move) to make room for X?  How do I find the size of any
J> particular directory?  Where (in the standard documentation) should i read
J> about this?  I do read before i mail, but i haven't found any help yet.
J> Thank you.

J> jolok

The /usr slice have two large directories: /usr/src and /usr/obj
(there may be one or two more). You can also relocate these to an
other slice, on which you have space, with a sym link.


-- 
Best regards,
 Alex


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