From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 18 09:40:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99A4216A580 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:40:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jc.devilla@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.225]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E51A643D4C for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:40:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jc.devilla@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s13so3881797wxc for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:40:46 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Vdi1U9WHeFUnLl+O6lJCg9Ea7F9JRiTGNhdfsCzlKFdIImDeVh+isYygKlQj9O/7XuePZx927TOuW8s4ghiA1cK5p83ZEWTTCj3TI1rM45tylvG5FEs9e2kk6DoXACh/1eP+J39jR+BawZmjEN7YbkI7Felgp62vWZrfguInNtE= Received: by 10.90.68.15 with SMTP id q15mr4253683aga; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:40:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.232.166? ( [203.87.196.234]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id g5sm1119600wra.2006.09.18.02.40.44; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:40:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <450E6996.40903@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:40:38 +0800 From: Migs User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060807) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Erik Trulsson References: <450E6181.3030503@gmail.com> <20060918091621.GA7658@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20060918091621.GA7658@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: quick question regarding /usr/obj X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:40:47 -0000 Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 05:06:09PM +0800, Migs wrote: > >> I just did a rebuild recently, and saw in the handbook that i can take >> out /usr/obj with no problems... and seeing as its taking up >500mb, I >> do want to trim it out... >> >> However, in uname -a it shows >> >> FreeBSD shadow.meridiantelekoms.com 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD >> 6.2-PRERELEASE #0: Mon Sep 18 15:35:23 PHT 2006 >> root@shadow.meridiantelekoms.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARMITAGE i386 >> >> and no reference of my kernel in /boot, aside from /boot/kernel... >> >> Now, my question is, is the custom kernel I built also /boot/kernel? or >> does it reside in /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARMITAGE? >> >> > > Yes. The kernel you built was built in /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARMITAGE/, but > is installed into /boot/kernel/. > > Once you have installed the world+kernel that you built you can safely > delete everything under /usr/obj/. > > The handbook did say it was OK to nuke, but didn't really explain what happened in that directory very clearly. Thanks! -- Migs Registered Linux user # 381619, but has shifted to FreeBSD Random Musings (http://lifelin.blogspot.com/)