Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 11:41:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Gray <jwg@netbox.com> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: bill slaybaugh <slay3241@bright.net>, FreeBSD List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: newbie kernel question- Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910221124510.22894-100000@cm-24-142-61-16.cableco-op.ispchannel.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910222144430.42248-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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> > You probably have a debug kernel with symbols built into it. I think you > can "strip -g kernel" but it has been a while. Have never tried this so I wish to be a bit careful. Looking at man strip and the archives, for ELF kernels cd / strip -g --strip-debug kernel Nothing else required, this will reduce the size of the object file /kernel This is a real good thing if it is safe, for those with / partitions that are too small. Safe? Any other steps? Thanks jeff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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