Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:03:30 -0600 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: "Lowell Gilbert" <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Deleting Kernel conpile directory Message-ID: <ef10de9a0603300703j4f107c0bh31aaf287042de16d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44odzoxags.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <009b01c65404$f61f8120$6401a8c0@GRANT> <44odzoxags.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On 30 Mar 2006 09:40:03 -0500, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com> writes: > > > I am running a little low on disk space in /usr > > > > Can I delete the /usr/src/sys/i386/compile/mykernel directory? > > Sure. And if you use the "buildkernel" method when you build kernels, > you won't even need that directory again. If you use the "old > method," (calling config directly), though, you will need the space > again. > > > If so, which method is best: > > > > a: > > cd /usr/src/sys/i386/compile > > rm -rf mykernel > > > > or > > > > b: > > cd /usr/src/sys/i386/compile/mykernel > > make clean > > Either one is fine. If you never want to use the directory again, go > ahead and use the first one. What happens when you run 'make clean' from /usr/src/? I tried it once and it deleted a lot of tmp and .gz files, I thought all of that stuff was stored in /usr/obj/. always... to the OP you can also delete every thing in /usr/obj/ -- BSD Podcasts @ http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/
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