On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith < stephen_at_math.missouri.edu> wrote: > Sean Bruno wrote: > >> I noted that if I choose the auto defaults for my F/S layout, sysinstall >> will not reserve enough space for root(512MB?). This is just barely >> enough to recompile and install an updated kernel. Much more than that >> and the F/S is full. >> >> I would assume that the default would be much larger now-a-days. I think >> a simple doubling to 1G would be sufficient. >> >> Comments? >> >> Sean >> > > I have observed the same issue. Somehow there is a lot more stuff in > /boot/kernel than there used to be. I'm guessing that a lot of it is > symbols for the debugger, which used not to be there. And when you have > /boot/kernel.old as well, it really gets pretty full there. > > I believe this is because with 7 and beyond a "make installkernel" will install the symbols into /boot/kernel if the kernel is compiled with debug support. With 6.x and earlier it would keep them in the /usr/obj hierarchy but not deposit them into /boot/kernel. Not saying one is better than the other (although it is nice to have the symbols in an easy-to-find directory when needed), but that would explain why your average kernel now needs 3-4x the space if you've enabled kernel debugging. -ProtoReceived on Tue Feb 24 2009 - 19:56:56 UTC
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