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Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 22:44:51 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Charlie Root <root@e316.mhk.lu.se>
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On Sun, 2 Nov 1997, Charlie Root wrote:

> hi again.
> i'm having a problem when istalling ssh
> gunzip says:
> 
> e316# gunzip ssh-1.2.20.tar.gz 
> 
> /: write failed, file system is full
> Nov  2 07:43:27 e316 /kernel: pid 1126 (gunzip), uid 0 on /: file system full
> Nov  2 07:43:27 e316 /kernel: pid 1126 (gunzip), uid 0 on /: file system full
> 
> gunzip: ssh-1.2.20.tar: No space left on device
> 
> and that's not true. there's plenty of space...
> what am I doing wrong now? :-/

Run `df -k' and post the output.  I bet /tmp is full.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major