Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:08:23 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make buildworld runs out of space Message-ID: <20100318020823.2091a76e.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <521093.11031.qm@web36505.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <521093.11031.qm@web36505.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:38:06 -0700 (PDT), Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> wrote: > I rebuilt the machines with 1G / and all was well. But one > shouldn't have to do this as 512M for / should be adequate. It's not only the new kernel - a backup of the previous existing kernel is kept in /boot (and so on /). If you suppress this, all should be fine, but maybe dangerous in case your new kernel doesn't boot as intended. In this case, the subject "make buildworld runs out of space" may lead to a misunderstanding; according to what you stated, "make installkernel" was the operation causing the out of space problem. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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