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Date:      Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:21:14 +0000
From:      Joe Moore <joe.moore@holidaycompanies.com>
To:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: How much space do I need on "/" for a 7.4 to 8 stable upgrade?
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From: Adam Vande More [mailto:amvandemore@gmail.com]=20
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:16 PM
To: Joe Moore
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: How much space do I need on "/" for a 7.4 to 8 stable upgrade?

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Joe Moore <joe.moore@holidaycompanies.com=
> wrote:

I have 65MB of free space on "/". Is that going to be enough? I've already =
moved tftpboot to /usr, cleaned out /root, /boot/kernel.old, and /tmp.

What else could I clean out if I need more space? I'm thinking some executa=
bles in /rescue. "ls -l" =A0shows most of them being =A04MB each but that c=
an't be right.

I don't know the specific numbers of what you'll need but you can probably =
delete the *.symbol files(they aren't needed by default).=A0 i386 also prod=
uces smaller files/mem imprint than most equivalent amd64 bins.

--=20
Adam Vande More


Thanks Adam.

I should have mentioned that I am running 32 bit i386.

				.jgm






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