Re: Default labeling and space for rebuilding the kernel.
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 08:34:59AM -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > Leon Meßner wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > if one uses the default labeling with current installer it is not > > possible to rebuild the kernel (GENERIC). It fails on installing the > > wlan.ko. > > /: write failed, filesystem is full > > install: /boot/kernel/wlan.ko.symbols: No space left on device > [snip] > > There has been some discussion lately about possibly changing the defaults. > If you become faced with having to reinstall jot down your current partition > sizes and adjust manually making / larger. On production machines i have some 2G. This was just an as fast as possible installation. > Since it is full, if you intend to try and recover it will entail deleting > something. This could get tricky, especially if the new 'kernel' space is > what filled up. This would presuppose that the kernel.old area was already > written out successfully. If the machine will not boot successfully with the > new kernel it is imperative that kernel.old still be healthy in order to > recover. However, if the new kernel does actually boot, with the result > being that some modules are missing you may be able to delete the kernel.old > in order to buy space. Messing around with this can potentially be > problematic, for obvious reasons. A strong 'YMMV' is indicated here. I just went the easy way and moved the old kernel away from / . I wouldn't have done so if this machine would be very critical though. > If you can get past that, you may be able to mitigate the / being too small. > Place STRIP= -s into /etc/make.conf and WITHOUT_PROFILE= true into > /etc/src.conf. The con of this is that you lose some debugging ability. The > pro is new kernels will now fit. I have two servers set up this way at home, > and one uses 91MB while the other uses 93MB of space. The 91MB one only has > a / of 200MB total, and is nearly half empty. Allows for rebuilding and > installing a new kernel without running out of space. Hm, never used this file. Looks like it was introduced in FBSD7 somewhere. Looks reasonable to split parameters for /usr/src into a different file than /etc/make.conf thanks, Leon pgpvRV7QIQqB5.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Default labeling and space for rebuilding the kernel.
Leon Meßner wrote: > Hi, > > if one uses the default labeling with current installer it is not > possible to rebuild the kernel (GENERIC). It fails on installing the > wlan.ko. > > Isn't that wrong somehow ? > > ===> wi (install) > install -o root -g wheel -m 555 if_wi.ko /boot/kernel > install -o root -g wheel -m 555 if_wi.ko.symbols /boot/kernel > ===> wlan (install) > install -o root -g wheel -m 555 wlan.ko /boot/kernel > install -o root -g wheel -m 555 wlan.ko.symbols /boot/kernel > > /: write failed, filesystem is full > install: /boot/kernel/wlan.ko.symbols: No space left on device [snip] There has been some discussion lately about possibly changing the defaults. If you become faced with having to reinstall jot down your current partition sizes and adjust manually making / larger. Since it is full, if you intend to try and recover it will entail deleting something. This could get tricky, especially if the new 'kernel' space is what filled up. This would presuppose that the kernel.old area was already written out successfully. If the machine will not boot successfully with the new kernel it is imperative that kernel.old still be healthy in order to recover. However, if the new kernel does actually boot, with the result being that some modules are missing you may be able to delete the kernel.old in order to buy space. Messing around with this can potentially be problematic, for obvious reasons. A strong 'YMMV' is indicated here. If you can get past that, you may be able to mitigate the / being too small. Place STRIP= -s into /etc/make.conf and WITHOUT_PROFILE= true into /etc/src.conf. The con of this is that you lose some debugging ability. The pro is new kernels will now fit. I have two servers set up this way at home, and one uses 91MB while the other uses 93MB of space. The 91MB one only has a / of 200MB total, and is nearly half empty. Allows for rebuilding and installing a new kernel without running out of space. -Mike ___ 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"
