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Date:      Thu, 24 Aug 2000 07:47:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Rick Hamell <hamellr@aracnet.com>
To:        Roger Merritt <mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can I Blitz /usr?
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008240745561.7063-100000@shell1.aracnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000824184712.0085e310@stjohn.stjohn.ac.th>

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> My idea is that I should just delete *everything* in /usr, then run
> /stand/sysinstall and install only the distributions and packages I
> need from the NFS filesystem. Recent experience installing from the
> CD-ROM on a new disk drive indicates that at the end /usr will be about
> 29% full including the source tree.

	Why don't you do pkg_info first, then pkg_delete to get rid of
what you're sure dosen't need to be there... might be quicker and more
efficent for you. That'll free up some space by getting rid of some of the
programs you don't need. :)

						Rick



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