From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 13 17:06:51 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C41A510656A5 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:06:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50F388FC29 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:06:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so4607903bwz.13 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:06:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=FzOQZ/4iQme3sP267ZSF40kfZn3Jdpt1zT3Yw618EhQ=; b=lsekactFckXdwBYgDQBn0bRieaQWHnHLWusdctWHhGSuTjejug3q2dxICSi8QIQJtQ PlhwGxrYWW4dMgPRLktVe6KrvEU5mzAGhGUHejvUy+1eY+dNM9gsyS2y2k/1nIF6TxVF EiEm4RDQYuqVf1XwpBoXeLOHTJZX9h3n7JGpE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=F1vwC13gTwUUbMcZ8fsegT/8iPVNrnNLcsU63uLe7yBHatpQ54eHYzux0KiMjKNg3X A2uqwidkX8i7JBzuhV0QL7bznFy56s2ee4T4NHSTfRLB88mRAyH5nshV3a/SuB3fXZGf FbUMZ+/g7eaNkUkyeYYAd3zS285XUGGw01Hyw= Received: by 10.204.59.129 with SMTP id l1mr2568430bkh.88.1297616810012; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:06:50 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.76.18 with HTTP; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:06:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D580C00.6060902@comcast.net> References: <4D580C00.6060902@comcast.net> From: Chris Rees Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:06:19 +0000 Message-ID: To: Rem Roberti Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Stuck X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:06:51 -0000 On 13 February 2011 16:51, Rem Roberti wrote: > This is a new one for me. =A0I decided to do a manual update on my 8.1 bo= x, > starting with csup. =A0Buildworld went fine, as did buildkernel. =A0Howev= er, > when I tried to install the new kernel installkernel choked with an error > message telling me that it could not proceed because the root partition w= as > full. =A0What! =A0I did a df and sure enough the root partition was overl= oaded. > =A0When I installed the system I used sysinstalls recommended sizes for t= he > root partion, which is around 10G. =A0Anyway, when I rebooted, the system > rebooted into single user mode, and that is presently where I stand. =A0I= have > no idea how to proceed at this point, and would appreciate any help in > fixing this. =A0Of course, I smell a newbie type error in all of this, bu= t > haven't quite figured out where I went wrong. To fix your booting, I suggest that you check that /boot/kernel.old exists: # [ -d /boot/kernel ] && echo Yes! If this doesn't say Yes! then stop, and wait for someone to help you out a little more. If it does: # /bin/mv /boot/kernel /boot/kernel.faulty # /bin/mv /boot/kernel.old /boot/kernel # reboot That should get you back up until you can fix your other problems! Chris