From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 17 06:47:02 2004 Return-Path: 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 C908816A4CE for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 06:47:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web61304.mail.yahoo.com (web61304.mail.yahoo.com [216.155.196.147]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4660A43D41 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 06:47:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040817064701.43241.qmail@web61304.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [67.34.130.149] by web61304.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 23:47:01 PDT Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 23:47:01 -0700 (PDT) From: stheg olloydson To: ryanlamb82@hotmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: filesystem full on install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 06:47:02 -0000 it was written: >However, when it starts to install, it fails saying the filesystem is >full. This can't be. It's a 40Gb drive. I started by overwriting my >hd using a utility called boot and nuke. Then I allocated the whole >thing to freebsd and made that partition bootable. Then in disklabel, >I hit "a" to do a default setup. I've tried several different things >in disklabel and I wipe my disk clean between each try and nothing >seems to work. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Hello, This seems to be the nub of your problem. The message saying "the filesystem is full" means the partition is full, not the harddrive. Make sure the drive's geometry and that reported in disklabel agree. I think you should start over and use the instructions at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-steps.html as a guide, particularly section 2.5.5. As to the problem with the router and intermittent failures to connect, that sounds like TCP/IP problem. The fact it seemingly goes away is very odd. Make sure you're not using an IP address already assigned to some other interface (and may as well that your subnet mask, hostname, and DNS address are correct, too). Double check that you're using a supported NIC. HTH, Stheg __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail