From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 12 18:33:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B550106566C for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:33:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) Received: from mail.united-ware.com (am-productions.biz [69.61.164.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EC068FC15 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:33:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (adsl-68-252-58-163.dsl.wotnoh.ameritech.net [68.252.58.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.united-ware.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m5CIUlFm015478 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:30:48 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) From: Anish Mistry To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, fbsd2@yahoo.com Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:16:38 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <372128.56919.qm@web51502.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <372128.56919.qm@web51502.mail.re2.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2364415.1Zd2VII2kH"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200806121416.46040.mistry.7@osu.edu> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93/7451/Thu Jun 12 09:28:58 2008 on mail.united-ware.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Subject: Re: 80 Mb / enough for 7.x? OK to delete /stand/ and /modules/ ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:33:16 -0000 --nextPart2364415.1Zd2VII2kH Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday 12 June 2008, fbsd2 wrote: > Greetings list, > > Given recent EOL announcements, I'm trying to upgrade an ancient > machine from 5.5 to 7. It has 80 Mb total in the root partition, > /home/, /var/, /usr/, and /tmp/ on other partitions, and NFS mounts > /usr/src, /usr/obj, and /usr/ports from a slightly newer/faster > box. I've seen > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.0R/relnotes.html and > http://marc.info/?l=3Dfreebsd-stable&m=3D121278826119286&w=3D2 > > which seem to suggest that even with INSTALL_NODEBUG during > buildkernel, 7 might not fit in an 80 Mb /. Must I partition a new > disk to give more space to /, or can I find more space by deleting > /stand/, /modules/, and possibly /rescue/ to shoehorn a custom 7.x > kernel in the available space? TIA It should fit, though you may have issues with kernel.old pushing you=20 over the limit. =2D-=20 Anish Mistry --nextPart2364415.1Zd2VII2kH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkhRaAYACgkQxqA5ziudZT20vQCgvLhfMLfl/aZcrnor3yvpbIGG zdIAoJ04L10aaBu+ibgb8p01tm7X0pE8 =OE1H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2364415.1Zd2VII2kH--