From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 19 11: 5: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sasknow.com (h139-142-245-96.ss.fiberone.net [139.142.245.96]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1627A1509D for ; Sun, 19 Dec 1999 11:05:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@sasknow.com) Received: from localhost (freebsd@localhost) by sasknow.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA21358; Sun, 19 Dec 1999 13:05:36 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from freebsd@sasknow.com) Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 13:04:10 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Optimization changed from TIME to SPACE In-Reply-To: <000401bf4a3c$dacca0c0$c69dc5d1@webserver> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Duke Normandin wrote: > From: Ryan Thompson > To: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> > Cc: freebsd-questions > Date: Saturday, December 18, 1999 8:26 PM > Subject: Re: Optimization changed from TIME to SPACE > > > > |This message means that the filesystem in question (/usr) is > beginning to > |fill up. Have a look at your `df` output, your /usr partition is > likely > |nearing its capacity. > | > |The error message itself means the kernel and related file > subsystems are > |attempting to optimize writes by space on the drive, to try and save > as > |much room as possible. Generally, this means slower writes, but, > perhaps > |more importantly, it means you're just about out of room :-) > > > Thanks for the info...I guess I better have a look. I needed the > source to build a custom kernel. Once that's done, do you suppose I > can nuke the source? > Sure, you don't need the sources to run the kernel once it's compiled and installed. However, if you ever want to compile ANOTHER custom kernel, you're going to need to fetch the sources all over again :-) You DID just install the system sources, right? (i.e, /usr/src/sys?) That should be all you need to build and install a new kernel. The other sources will allow you to rebuild your entire system, and, unless you're planning on doing cvs updates to stay -STABLE or -CURRENT, and/or develop/patch the existing FreeBSD distributions (requiring copious amounts of C programming, among a few other languages), you won't need the extra sources. -- Ryan Thompson 50% Owner, Technical and Accounts Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message