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From: "echo dev" <echo_dev@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: disk space management helP?
Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 05:00:52 +0000
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You could do a custom install and only install programs you abosultly need I 
am just taking a few guesses I am new to freebsd also but i'vew worked with 
linux for a while.  And not installing all the ports to you hd might save a 
little space.

Dan


>From: VB <swive@getnet.com>
>To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>Subject: disk space management helP?
>Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 21:51:20 -0700
>
>Good evening,
>
>I have a 1.1 gig drive.  I freshly installed FBSD 4.4 release.  It took 70%
>of my drive just for the install and to download src and ports.  Then did
>"make world" and let it go.  Slowly but surely, df -k reported that the 
>disk
>was filling.  Within 6 hours or so (its a 133mhz), the disk space had 
>filled
>to "104%" and make world had failed with error code 1.  Why does FBSD take 
>so
>much room?  HOw can I improve these results.  I think there must be someway
>to do a small install of fbsd and then make world to patch security 
>problems.
>That's all I want to do.
>
>What should I do differently?
>
>Thank you
>
>Eric
>
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