Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:31:00 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: compiling error - /usr : filesystem full Message-ID: <45CA9974.5080308@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0702071442490.22034@hymn08.u.washington.edu> References: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0702071442490.22034@hymn08.u.washington.edu>
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On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Don Munyak wrote: > Hello, > > I was recompiling the kernel on my laptop when the process ended with errors. > > /usr : filesystem full > > I suspect that the HD is has too many files ?? > > can I simply remove/delete to ports from /usr/ports and try to recompile? > > btw...I have used pkg_add in the past. Will deleting the ports files > tantamount to deleteing a folder in windows without uninstalling first > ? > > Thanks > > Don If you used the default cluster size, it's probably too small of a slice to hold all of the file entries resulting in a large amount of internal fragmentation. Delete the files and look up tunefs for how to resize your slice's cluster size--make sure to do this in single user mode. -Garrett
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