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Date:      Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:10:13 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Ed Flecko <edflecko@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: /boot is full after running "make installkernel" on FreeBSD 8.0
Message-ID:  <44mxub6msq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20100701185723.GD19474@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> (Chip Camden's message of "Thu, 1 Jul 2010 11:57:23 -0700")
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Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> writes:

> I've experienced the same thing on amd64 -- the default partition size
> for root is too small.  Rather than going to the trouble of correcting
> it, I just 'rm -r /boot/kernel.old' when it fails and then redo 'make
> installkernel', and all seems OK.

That's a little dangerous, because you're deleting your last known-good
kernel.  I'd feel better about recommending just removing the
unnecessary kernel modules (which for a lot of people, is all of them).



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