Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 22:08:50 +0200 From: Anders Andersson <anders.freebsd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /boot is full after running "make installkernel" on FreeBSD 8.0 Message-ID: <AANLkTimflghOMO_0200mUTykvmnipHWlwjYN71mpPcH_@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44eifn6kks.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <AANLkTil7rb8_YNbGPfwsNt1_Zn4hdOr9hTpGwVwTEbrF@mail.gmail.com> <20100701185723.GD19474@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <44mxub6msq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20100701192818.GE19474@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <44eifn6kks.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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> > A healthy fear, indeed. > > For one thing, I'd certainly rather have someone > do "rm /boot/kernel.old/*.ko" than "rm -r /boot/kernel.old". > > Being even more selective is an obvious extension... > Why not move the old "useless" kernel to another drive. Sure if the system kernel fails and you need the old one, there is a little bit more work, but nothing that I can't see be solved by: 1. booting from a livecd 2. mount the /boot and /theotherpartition 3. move the kernel back and move the faulty one away 4. reboot That saves you from deleting the entire computer/world/Internet and save the old kernel as well. However, I have never done this myself but the theory sounds good.
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