On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 06:11:53PM +0300, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: > On Sat, 1 Mar 2008, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > KK> Alex de Kruijff wrote: > KK> > I noticed that the kernel directory was very large compaired to 6.1. Is > KK> > this for debugging and can I safely remove the symbols files I want to > KK> > save some space? > KK> > KK> Yes but if you encounter a panic and need to submit a bug report then you > KK> will need at least the kernel.debug and whatever modules you are using. > > What about gzipping .symbol files by default? > > It decreases symbol files size in about 50-60%, so i386 GENERIC kernel > directory shrinks from 125m to 74m...
I like this idea. The root is usaly small. In edition they could be removed from kernel.old when updating by default. -- Alex Please copy the original recipients, otherwise I may not read your reply. Howtos based on my personal use, including information about setting up a firewall and creating traffic graphs with MRTG http://alex.kruijff.org/FreeBSD/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
