Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:44:27 +0100 From: gaf <moak@bredband.net> To: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /tmp full (newbie) Message-ID: <402BE5AB.9070301@bredband.net> In-Reply-To: <20040212203851.GA36183@users.munk.nu> References: <402BD360.6030808@bredband.net> <20040212193049.GA34650@users.munk.nu> <402BDAAB.9030106@bredband.net> <20040212203851.GA36183@users.munk.nu>
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Jez Hancock wrote: >On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 08:57:31PM +0100, gaf wrote: > > >>Jez Hancock wrote: >> >> >>>On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 08:26:24PM +0100, gaf wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Today I tried to install a new browser and I got the information that my >>>>filesystem is full. When I tried to start KDE I got the message that >>>>/tmp is full. I would really apprecite some help. What to do?? Can I >>>>give you some other info and if so what and how??? >>>> >>>> >>>Yes please - paste the output from df and mount. >>> >>> >>> >>df -h gave: >>Filesystem size used avail capacity mounted on >>/dev/ad1s1a 3,9G 3,8G -234,3M 106% / >>devfs 1,0K 1,0K 0B 100% /dev >>/dev/ad1s1d 37G 22M 34G 0% /home >> >> > >It might be best if you reinstalled the OS from scratch and ensure you >assign the disk space more practically. Presently you have a massive >proportion of your disk space assigned to /home and only a small >proportion assigned to / - you can get away with a /home partition of >only 1Gb, but a tiny / partition will make using the OS difficult. > >A more suitable fs layout might be: > >Filesystem Size Mounted on >/dev/ad1s1a 500MB / >/dev/ad1s1e 500MB /tmp >/dev/ad1s1f 10-20GB /usr > >with the remaining space going to /var and /home. > >You don't have to create separate partitions for each mount point, but >it speeds things up a little and saves disk space being filled up and >causing a denial of service... > >Better bet if you don't feel confident with partitioning might be to let >the installer choose the partition sizes for you initially - select 'a' in the >fdisk screen (iirc) and the installer automatically selects the partition sizes >it thinks are best given the size of the hdd. > >At the end of the day the best way to learn is to install, reinstall, >reinstall and reinstall again :P > >As always read, reread, etc the handbook section on partitioning: > >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-steps.html > >Good luck! > > > Thank you for answering. I´d hoped not to reinstall but..... Partitioning is no problem, I´ve installed all versions from 4.8 to5.2 on my old computer just for training and trying. Thanks again gaf
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