Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 09:17:11 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /boot is full after running "make installkernel" on Message-ID: <20100707131711.GB64676@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <556061.93189.qm@web36505.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <556061.93189.qm@web36505.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 05:02:54PM -0700, Bill Tillman wrote: > > Thanks guys. > > :-) > > Doesn't that seem odd that the "default" partition size for root > (512M) isn't quite big enough? Things change slowly. I think only a short while ago the default was 256 MB or even 128 MB. > > Should I make the partition size slightly larger (on future installs) > to eliminate this problem? Of course, make it whatever size you need and can afford. ////jerry > > Ed > > > ------------------------------ > > I had the same problem and since my drives are large I just started making all my new builds with / set for 1G. As I understand it this is not actually the solution the "in the know" folks recommend. I was advised to just delete kernel.old. Of course this will work but what about when you might need kernel.old to get you out of a jamb or just want to keep it for nostalgia. > > I think I'm finally at the point where I will stop doing make buildworlds unless absolutely needed. I've been keen on doing this regularly but I really should adopt the policy of if it ain't broken don't fix it. > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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