From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 22 18:21:16 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 C09CB1065673 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:21:16 +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 7E7D38FC17 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:21:16 +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 12:21:15 -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 12:21:15 -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: AQHM8Y4BPnCuZ8pqokiJNh4I2X4cW5ZJOYZQ Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:21:14 +0000 Message-ID: <7DC5CF25DDD70D4A845DDC2F96E116B2A0E4C1@hcexch01.holidaycompanies.com> References: <7DC5CF25DDD70D4A845DDC2F96E116B2A0E467@hcexch01.holidaycompanies.com> In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.0.8.70] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Feb 2012 18:21:15.0697 (UTC) FILETIME=[C3A5BA10:01CCF18E] 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 18:21:16 -0000 From: Adam Vande More [mailto:amvandemore@gmail.com]=20 Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:16 PM To: Joe Moore Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How much space do I need on "/" for a 7.4 to 8 stable upgrade? 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 executa= bles in /rescue. "ls -l" =A0shows most of them being =A04MB each but that c= an'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).=A0 i386 also prod= uces smaller files/mem imprint than most equivalent amd64 bins. --=20 Adam Vande More Thanks Adam. I should have mentioned that I am running 32 bit i386. .jgm