On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 05:02:54PM -0700, Bill Tillman wrote: > > Thanks guys. > > :-) > > Doesn't that seem odd that the "default" partition size for root > (512M) isn't quite big enough?
Things change slowly. I think only a short while ago the default was 256 MB or even 128 MB. > > Should I make the partition size slightly larger (on future installs) > to eliminate this problem? Of course, make it whatever size you need and can afford. ////jerry > > Ed > > > ------------------------------ > > I had the same problem and since my drives are large I just started making > all my new builds with / set for 1G. As I understand it this is not actually > the solution the "in the know" folks recommend. I was advised to just delete > kernel.old. Of course this will work but what about when you might need > kernel.old to get you out of a jamb or just want to keep it for nostalgia. > > I think I'm finally at the point where I will stop doing make buildworlds > unless absolutely needed. I've been keen on doing this regularly but I really > should adopt the policy of if it ain't broken don't fix it. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > _______________________________________________ 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"