On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 20:08, Polytropon <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:38:06 -0700 (PDT), Bill Tillman <[email protected]> > 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, ... > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" >
Just a note, the default 512mb is never enough room, especially since hard drive space is negligible these days. I always use 4G for / _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
