From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 22 17:59:38 2012 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 C3B9B1065674 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:59:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joe.moore@holidaycompanies.com) Received: from hcmx.holidaycompanies.com (mail.holidaycompanies.com [209.98.45.253]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7C6158FC19 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:59:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from HCExchFE.holidaycompanies.com ([10.0.19.56]) by hcmx.holidaycompanies.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:47:36 -0600 Received: from HCEXCH01.holidaycompanies.com ([fe80::608e:6fbd:76f0:e317]) by HCExchFE.holidaycompanies.com ([fe80::74d0:eab3:ac1c:5789%14]) with mapi id 14.01.0355.002; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:47:36 -0600 From: Joe Moore To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Thread-Topic: How much space do I need on "/" for a 7.4 to 8 stable upgrade? Thread-Index: Aczxig4zWUgqzFXdQGmRaEZqx+ok3Q== Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:47:35 +0000 Message-ID: <7DC5CF25DDD70D4A845DDC2F96E116B2A0E467@hcexch01.holidaycompanies.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.0.8.70] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Feb 2012 17:47:36.0541 (UTC) FILETIME=[1022F8D0:01CCF18A] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: How much space do I need on "/" for a 7.4 to 8 stable upgrade? 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: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:59:38 -0000 I need to upgrade a server from 7.4 stable to 8.x stable. I running buildworld as I write this, and plan to build a GENERIC kernel. The root disk partition is 248 MB which was probably the auto default size = when the server was originally built. I remember having to do some scrambli= ng during the last update to free up enough space for a new kernel and I re= ally don't want that to happen again. I have 65MB of free space on "/". Is that going to be enough? I've already = moved tftpboot to /usr, cleaned out /root, /boot/kernel.old, and /tmp. What else could I clean out if I need more space? I'm thinking some executa= bles in /rescue. "ls -l" shows most of them being 4MB each but that can't= be right. Thanks in advance!