Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 18:29:19 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /boot is full after running "make installkernel" on FreeBSD 8.0 Message-ID: <19501.5823.54767.398329@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20100701211957.GA42755@alucard.int.rhavenn.net> References: <AANLkTil7rb8_YNbGPfwsNt1_Zn4hdOr9hTpGwVwTEbrF@mail.gmail.com> <20100701185723.GD19474@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <AANLkTilgNhhQqGdGCmmUVfM4nBcXPj9UlblSIq1xrS_l@mail.gmail.com> <20100701192930.GF19474@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <44aaqb6kez.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20100701211957.GA42755@alucard.int.rhavenn.net>
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Henrik Hudson writes: > > Or just make one large partition. Not on a server, but I don't > > see much reason for using multiple partitions on a laptop. > > Multiple partitions still isn't a bad idea if you ever have to > fsck and even on a desktop / laptop I usually mount /tmp as > noexec. (note: installworld requires exec in /tmp, so you will > have to remount /tmp if you use that). Also, it's easier to > recover if you can boot single user mode and run a quick fsck on > / when it's small. It doesn't happen often, but when it does it's > easier. 1) The preferred backup method uses dump. 2) dump works on entire partitions. 2a) It makes little sense to back up 500 gbytes when all you need to preserve is 5 gbytes. 3) If you regularly need to dump more than a single partition, quite a few people have scripts they will probably be willing to share. Robert Huff
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