From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 7 11:18:31 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 E1164106566B for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2010 11:18:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.user@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89E8F8FC19 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2010 11:18:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws6 with SMTP id 6so9450404vws.13 for ; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:18:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.129.13 with SMTP id m13mr3323726vcs.272.1278501501910; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:18:21 -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 h17sm7398486vcr.27.2010.07.07.04.18.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:18:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [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 3486CE54869 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2010 07:18:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 07:18:18 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100707071818.11dbc4ea@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20100707111321.000056e9@unknown> References: <556061.93189.qm@web36505.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20100707111321.000056e9@unknown> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: /boot is full after running "make installkernel" on X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:18:32 -0000 On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 11:13:21 +0100 Bruce Cran articulated: > I'd consider that bad advice: the defaults sysinstall chooses are > currently just wrong, and you should indeed be setting / to at least > 1GB so you don't run out of space. The 'solution' of deleting > kernel.old or not installing symbols is just a workaround and is > certainly less than ideal. I also ran out of space. I decided that a minimum of 2GB was the safest choice. It would be nice if the authors changed the default settings in the soon to be released 8.1 version so as to nullify this phenomena. -- Jerry ✌ FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag. Kin Hubbard