On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Polytropon <free...@edvax.de> wrote:
On Thu, 19 May 2011 21:58:13 -0400, Chris Brennan <xa...@xaerolimit.net> > wrote: > > One last question ... hopefully lol. am I going to run into any issues w/ > > the default fbsd6 layout? > > > > [root@Ziggy [~]# df -h > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > > /dev/ad0s1a 496M 328M 128M 72% / > > Maybe not so good (as a default) as soon as you're going > to compile kernels for 8.x, where a / size of 1G would > be better (although you can even get a FreeBSD / partition > fully functional in < 500 MB). > > The rest of the df output looks normal. > > > > > What I think I failed to previously mention is that this machine started > out > > with fbsd6.x, was upgraded many times from 6x though 7.1 where it fell > into > > disuse. With my recent repurpose of this box ... I'm concerned that it > might > > be a moot point if base won't fit on rot root slice. > > In this case, you should switch off all debugging for the > kernel, and maybe even omit the backup kernel.OLD mechanism. > But attention! This can be dangerous! Still you have the > option to boot from a live system (Fixit should be enough) > to manually make a backup copy of the running kernel, and > in case anything fails at boot stage, use the live sytem > to re-"install" the old kernel. But in fact, this should > not be required. OK, I am off now to research how to build the kernel w/o debugging symbols ... then I shall embark on this. -- > A: Yes. > >Q: Are you sure? > >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
