8.0-RELEASE -> -STABLE and size of /

[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:21:56 +0100
Oliver Brandmueller <ob at e-Gitt.NET> wrote:

> Instaling the new kernel failed, since /boot/kernel/ is already well 
> over 230 MBytes in size. moving that to kernel.old and writing a new one 
> with about the same size fails due to no space left on device.
> 
> This is not a question; I do know how to get around this and how to 
> configure custom kernels so they are a fragment of that size afterwards. 

It would also be nice if we knew how to configure the
whole "make world" procedure[1] to make a new kernel and modules without symbols. 
The FAQ doesn't seem to have that answer either.


References:
1) http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
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Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen