From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 22 18:15:49 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 16477106566B for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:15:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-f182.google.com (mail-wi0-f182.google.com [209.85.212.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 968278FC16 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:15:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhn14 with SMTP id hn14so346094wib.13 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:15:47 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of amvandemore@gmail.com designates 10.180.99.100 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.180.99.100; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of amvandemore@gmail.com designates 10.180.99.100 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=amvandemore@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=amvandemore@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.180.99.100]) by 10.180.99.100 with SMTP id ep4mr37807483wib.7.1329934547661 (num_hops = 1); Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:15:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=WGdk71mtZ1DlH3kniAI0mgyd3Fjjdei/abymmjy4mr4=; b=SLjBfoo/4VdTS00DhwR65YymQZhHuQCgDjpbIcRWXQ/UC9Ty21FOK3yZtB6Wzi3dhR nek0oDcjFqQrbfdP9UJZug62NRceuqAp/sovG7UycAvuhM7L+JBk99pbGfmhjlN+yCoj 3LRtsAZ+QN/Q7tm91YZo5t8tJsMdPfXlNF3Do= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.99.100 with SMTP id ep4mr31319377wib.7.1329934547616; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:15:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.93.138 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:15:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <7DC5CF25DDD70D4A845DDC2F96E116B2A0E467@hcexch01.holidaycompanies.com> References: <7DC5CF25DDD70D4A845DDC2F96E116B2A0E467@hcexch01.holidaycompanies.com> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:15:47 -0600 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Joe Moore Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: 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 18:15:49 -0000 On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Joe Moore wrote: > > 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 > executables in /rescue. "ls -l" shows most of them being 4MB each but > that can't be right. > I don't know the specific numbers of what you'll need but you can probably delete the *.symbol files(they aren't needed by default). i386 also produces smaller files/mem imprint than most equivalent amd64 bins. -- Adam Vande More