From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 23 16:10:44 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 279A016A46C for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:10:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74DBD13C46B for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:10:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from js.berklix.net (p549A70DA.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.112.218]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lANGAfNX005613; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:10:41 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lANGBHfa068871; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:11:17 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost.js.berklix.net [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lANGBHOT085866; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:11:17 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <200711231611.lANGBHOT085866@fire.js.berklix.net> To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de From: "Julian Stacey" Organization: http://berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich/Muenchen. User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:33:15 +0100." <20071123163315.23b539b0@peedub.jennejohn.org> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:11:17 +0100 Sender: jhs@berklix.org Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall fails to re-allocate disk space. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:10:44 -0000 Reference: > From: Gary Jennejohn > Reply-to: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de > Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:33:15 +0100 > Message-id: <20071123163315.23b539b0@peedub.jennejohn.org> Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:46:47 +0100 > "Julian H. Stacey" wrote: > > > Ken Smith wrote: > > > > > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0-BETA3 Available > > > The 7.0-BETA3 builds are now available. If you would like to download > > > > I installed 7.0-BETA3-i386-disc1.iso (after checking md5 on cd) on a 4G disc > > I told sysinstall: > > Use whole disc > > A For Auto defaults. > > It allocated 9M for swap ! > > I deleted swap & /usr to get space, > > Allocated 100M for swap. > > It said not enough space (despite 3G free !) > > > > My goodness, Julian. A 4GB disk. Chuckle! I've gots several, good for scratch testing. I was installing to achieve 2 jobs at once: crude disk erase of system with 4.10 + grabbing dmesg from 7 to to examine for sound interface, before putting a bigger disc in if it had BSD recognised sound :-) > I suspect that a n00b wouldn't dream of trying to use a disk that small. > I suspect that he wouldn't even know that disks that small exist(ed). > > Using such a small disk is something for an expert, in which case said > expert would do the expert install and first allocate space for swap and > the rest as one file system. That method would probably yield the desired > results. You'r right of course Gary :-) Even on an install on a new big disk, I bet the same systematic problem occurs, (maybe I'll try on spare partition of my 500G), but point taken, I should have tried expert mode. Damn! Why didn't I do that ? Blush ! Thanks. -- Julian Stacey. Munich Computer Consultant, BSD Unix C Linux. http://berklix.com Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. Dump cigs 4 snuff.