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Date:      Tue, 14 Sep 1999 18:08:49 +1000 (EST)
From:      Rob Hurle <rob@coombs.anu.edu.au>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, TrouBle <trouble@hackfurby.com>
Subject:   Re: 2.2.8 -> 3.2 kernel config
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.05.9909141806070.3204-100000@caligula.anu.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <19990914144740.J10106@freebie.lemis.com>

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Hi Greg,

	Concerning bloated kernels:

> > 	freebsd [14:18] /usr/src/sys/compile/TEST1 #ll kernel
> > 	-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  13578629 Sep 14 14:18 kernel
> >
> > 13.6MB!  Not looking good.  Any more ideas would be welcome.
> 
> I missed the beginning of this, but this looks like you have a debug
> kernel (-g option to config).  This is good, not bad, since it enables

Thanks heaps - yes, that was it.

> 
> If you're using an older version of FreeBSD (2.X), you'll need "strip
> -d" instead of "strip -g".
> 
> In 4.X, "make install" will do this for you.

An advance, IMHO.

Cheers,

Rob
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