Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:48:20 -0500 From: Jason Garrett <kingedgar@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: make buildworld runs out of space Message-ID: <970380131003171948u5acca730i9f95e3731a1ab9d5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100318020823.2091a76e.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <521093.11031.qm@web36505.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20100318020823.2091a76e.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 20:08, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:38:06 -0700 (PDT), Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> wrote: >> I rebuilt the machines with 1G / and all was well. But one >> shouldn't have to do this as 512M for / should be adequate. > > It's not only the new kernel - a backup of the previous > existing kernel is kept in /boot (and so on /). If you > suppress this, all should be fine, but maybe dangerous > in case your new kernel doesn't boot as intended. > > In this case, the subject "make buildworld runs out of > space" may lead to a misunderstanding; according to what > you stated, "make installkernel" was the operation > causing the out of space problem. > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Just a note, the default 512mb is never enough room, especially since hard drive space is negligible these days. I always use 4G for /
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