Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:25:28 +0200 From: "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de> To: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: What is /boot/kernel/*.symbols? Message-ID: <20090703142528.GA11039@hugo10.ka.punkt.de>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi, all, When I upgraded some of our machines from 6.x to 7.2 I noticed that the root filesystems seemed to fill up. I thought this might come from makeoptions DEBUG=-g in the kernel config, but somehow that doesn't make sense, since our older systems have the same option present. 6.3-System: ----------- makeoptions DEBUG=-g $ du -sk /boot/kernel 27920 /boot/kernel No *.symbols files in /boot/kernel. 7.2-System: ----------- makeoptions DEBUG=-g $ du -sk /boot/kernel 214778 /boot/kernel Lots of those files filling /boot/kernel. On a current server with 512 MB /, the filesystem is at 97% after installing a new kernel twice. Can I get rid of these files somehow or are they necessary, in which case I will need way bigger root filesystems? I mean, get rid automatically and never install them again. I know the chflags and rm commands ;-) But then the question of they are needed is still open. Thanks, Patrick -- punkt.de GmbH * Kaiserallee 13a * 76133 Karlsruhe Tel. 0721 9109 0 * Fax 0721 9109 100 info@punkt.de http://www.punkt.de Gf: Jürgen Egeling AG Mannheim 108285
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20090703142528.GA11039>