From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 1 19:28:24 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 F4025106564A for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 19:28:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78E3E8FC1D for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 19:28:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-99-21.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.99.21] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OUPHG-0007cv-Jb for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:18:27 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:28:18 -0700 Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 12:28:18 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100701192818.GE19474@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20100701185723.GD19474@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <44mxub6msq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="5xSkJheCpeK0RUEJ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44mxub6msq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: /boot is full after running "make installkernel" on FreeBSD 8.0 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, 01 Jul 2010 19:28:24 -0000 --5xSkJheCpeK0RUEJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Jul 01 15:10, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Chip Camden writes: >=20 > > 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. >=20 > 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). > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" Could you expand on that? I'd prefer a less risky option, especially because I always get this paralyzing fear that I'll accidentally hit Enter after I've typed 'rm -r /' --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips.com --5xSkJheCpeK0RUEJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMLOxSAAoJEIpckszW26+RvYEH/3Akmr3EdEkOljpyca5YNxVM voZubzrKgtNLRaAS52SkGhkxHJm7+Jvla7MrXjaefOZY+sS3tl0o+wW1B2pid2v1 8x/g0HXXaW9Y+P4X05Km7pq+9xpSYhPkHZIb7ccisAqWdjq/ShbO8kfcmIkC1qMM kL18aKrX4m97z8ud1cnGJOsu1N8PDoYXpMWx6oXtAvoQf6IdAdz+vrPVXMMAW5hM 0MDl+nO+0EmrQPFrN6nxkctGX7p08QlWTiHk//9STU1l56dT6chp3DEPqTqu9TfT L1x12h0GPrHpwnkTXVvr03WkEzSLO/vJs6cYZq9P1eE/qYrue7mO1sagB1oYpis= =Oj/k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5xSkJheCpeK0RUEJ--