From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 18 02:48:21 2010 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 A4784106566B for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:48:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kingedgar@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f185.google.com (mail-yx0-f185.google.com [209.85.210.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 207738FC0A for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:48:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe15 with SMTP id 15so805261yxe.7 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:48:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=x8K3A+de9VUbOYJNT+u1NqbYF1WA8/S8Bllb5CIMpRc=; b=XFV6F4iRKRJ9axqRCjNa1LsVqG+ANVv11ow5dmY2G3GK6TsB7mLkBMOLjomBC+/DUj l8+hD2wfKADTRwQyuj67axIKNgeK/gHnqNvrv5IwuWr2OFTt5QzZ2xFjbHT97SwMeU9O 2L7zFa05+SGTB9eVIbKuqw7Ddje+XHThUy7rI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=iednCYWP7NkPWrOJnyX9/SrGFaPYGlxTeuvrS+kEC+e474wwWCisZGbBICg46T6ArL DHVcWtKYCgsr1KJ4+z2dVaV93rCrEKclZYGSApdvGuhIRGIDCFuBc1/uYfSZi5Yz24WL vlM4hjIB00hZS4qLr3M+0n0lu4dekrR0rvoq8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.67.1 with SMTP id p1mr4837759yba.114.1268880500161; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:48:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100318020823.2091a76e.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <521093.11031.qm@web36505.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20100318020823.2091a76e.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:48:20 -0500 Message-ID: <970380131003171948u5acca730i9f95e3731a1ab9d5@mail.gmail.com> From: Jason Garrett To: FreeBSD-Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: make buildworld runs out of space 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: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:48:21 -0000 On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 20:08, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:38:06 -0700 (PDT), Bill Tillman 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, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Just a note, the default 512mb is never enough room, especially since hard drive space is negligible these days. I always use 4G for /