Upgrading and Disk Space.

[James Long]

> Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 08:34:18 -0400
> From: "Grant Peel" <gpeel at thenetnow.com>
> Subject: Upgrading and Disk Space.
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> Hi all,
> 
> I am about to upgrade a 6.0 machine to 6.1R.
> 
> I am running a little tight on space on the3 /usr part. I was wondering what 
> can be safely removed from /usr befor starting the upgrade.
> 
> The idea is to try NOT to fill up the filesystem and crap out duing the 
> upgrade.
> 
> Any feedback will be appreciated.
> 
> -Grant

You don't say specifically, but I presume you're planning a source 
upgrade (make buildworld, et al).

You have oodles of space on /var, I'd suggest trying:

cd /usr
mv src /var && ln -s /var/src src
mv obj /var && ln -s /var/obj obj

That should give you plenty of room to cvsup and compile the upgrade.