Chip Camden <[email protected]> writes: > On Jul 01 15:10, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> Chip Camden <[email protected]> writes: >> >> > I've experienced the same thing on amd64 -- the default partition size >> > for root is too small. Rather than going to the trouble of correcting >> > it, I just 'rm -r /boot/kernel.old' when it fails and then redo 'make >> > installkernel', and all seems OK. >> >> That's a little dangerous, because you're deleting your last known-good >> kernel. I'd feel better about recommending just removing the >> unnecessary kernel modules (which for a lot of people, is all of them). > > Could you expand on that? I'd prefer a less risky option, especially > because I always get this paralyzing fear that I'll accidentally hit > Enter after I've typed 'rm -r /'
A healthy fear, indeed. For one thing, I'd certainly rather have someone do "rm /boot/kernel.old/*.ko" than "rm -r /boot/kernel.old". Being even more selective is an obvious extension... _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
