From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 20 14:26:22 2011 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 48A4C10657DD for ; Fri, 20 May 2011 14:26:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xaero@xaerolimit.net) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7F518FC14 for ; Fri, 20 May 2011 14:26:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bw0-f54.google.com with SMTP id 12so4240193bwz.13 for ; Fri, 20 May 2011 07:26:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.164.2 with SMTP id c2mr4097545bky.85.1305901581244; Fri, 20 May 2011 07:26:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.72.82 with HTTP; Fri, 20 May 2011 07:26:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110520161857.55b4cc8c.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20110504142626.539c2b6f@scorpio> <4DC1CA49.8060801@onetel.com> <20110504181106.4ea5b8e7@scorpio> <20110519224049.a97c15fa.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110519230402.faa010bd.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110520161857.55b4cc8c.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Chris Brennan Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 10:26:01 -0400 Message-ID: To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: A possibly odd upgrade question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 14:26:22 -0000 On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 19 May 2011 21:58:13 -0400, Chris Brennan > wrote: > > One last question ... hopefully lol. am I going to run into any issues w/ > > the default fbsd6 layout? > > > > [root@Ziggy [~]# df -h > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > > /dev/ad0s1a 496M 328M 128M 72% / > > Maybe not so good (as a default) as soon as you're going > to compile kernels for 8.x, where a / size of 1G would > be better (although you can even get a FreeBSD / partition > fully functional in < 500 MB). > > The rest of the df output looks normal. > > > > > What I think I failed to previously mention is that this machine started > out > > with fbsd6.x, was upgraded many times from 6x though 7.1 where it fell > into > > disuse. With my recent repurpose of this box ... I'm concerned that it > might > > be a moot point if base won't fit on rot root slice. > > In this case, you should switch off all debugging for the > kernel, and maybe even omit the backup kernel.OLD mechanism. > But attention! This can be dangerous! Still you have the > option to boot from a live system (Fixit should be enough) > to manually make a backup copy of the running kernel, and > in case anything fails at boot stage, use the live sytem > to re-"install" the old kernel. But in fact, this should > not be required. OK, I am off now to research how to build the kernel w/o debugging symbols ... then I shall embark on this. -- > A: Yes. > >Q: Are you sure? > >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?