Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:40:38 +0800 From: Migs <jc.devilla@gmail.com> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: quick question regarding /usr/obj Message-ID: <450E6996.40903@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060918091621.GA7658@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <450E6181.3030503@gmail.com> <20060918091621.GA7658@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
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Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 05:06:09PM +0800, Migs wrote: > >> I just did a rebuild recently, and saw in the handbook that i can take >> out /usr/obj with no problems... and seeing as its taking up >500mb, I >> do want to trim it out... >> >> However, in uname -a it shows >> >> FreeBSD shadow.meridiantelekoms.com 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD >> 6.2-PRERELEASE #0: Mon Sep 18 15:35:23 PHT 2006 >> root@shadow.meridiantelekoms.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARMITAGE i386 >> >> and no reference of my kernel in /boot, aside from /boot/kernel... >> >> Now, my question is, is the custom kernel I built also /boot/kernel? or >> does it reside in /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARMITAGE? >> >> > > Yes. The kernel you built was built in /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARMITAGE/, but > is installed into /boot/kernel/. > > Once you have installed the world+kernel that you built you can safely > delete everything under /usr/obj/. > > The handbook did say it was OK to nuke, but didn't really explain what happened in that directory very clearly. Thanks! -- Migs Registered Linux user # 381619, but has shifted to FreeBSD Random Musings (http://lifelin.blogspot.com/)
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