Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 22:44:26 -0700 From: Ryan <rd64pro@pacbell.net> To: Daniel Killingsworth <dankilling@hotmail.com> Cc: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /: write failed, file system is full Message-ID: <000b01bfd043$714fbaa0$e986d4cf@pacbell.net> References: <20000607014516.80789.qmail@hotmail.com> <393DB6E5.67D0CB18@cstone.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01BFD008.C4B6E6E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Dan, I had this same problem about a week after I initially installed = FreeBSD. It turned out that my root directory (i.e. / ) was full. During = the installation, when you arrange partitions/slices/etc, I accepted = FreeBSD's defaults. / ended up being fairly small (yet efficient if kept = clean). Well, one of the first things I did after installing was = recompile the kernel to add sound support for my SBLive! and clean out = some of the unused stuff. After you compile a kernel, the old one is = left behind on / just in case you can't boot to the new one. Well, = between this extra kernel and a few other things on /, it managed to = exceed 100% capacity. Anyway, use 'df' to take a look at the state of your slices. Without = arguments, this will list the default info for /; /usr; /var; /proc; and = I think your swap (Not in FBSD right now, so I can't confirm all of = them). It tells you the total capacity, bytes used, percentage used, = etc.=20 If you've compiled a new kernel and everything is working as expected, = you may want to trash the old one, or at least move it into /usr/local = or something.=20 A hint that this may be the case is the first part of the error = message (i.e. "/: write failed...")=20 Hope this helps! Ryan Daniel Killingsworth wrote: > I keep getting this error and am unsure what could be causing it. = Could > anyone shed some light on where I mught begin to look? > > /: write failed, file system is full > > Thanks, > > /Dan > = ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at = http://www.hotmail.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01BFD008.C4B6E6E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.3825.1300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Hi Dan,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>I had this same problem about a = week after I=20 initially installed FreeBSD. It turned out that my root directory = (i.e. /=20 ) was full. During the installation, when you arrange = partitions/slices/etc, I=20 accepted FreeBSD's defaults. / ended up being fairly small (yet = efficient if=20 kept clean). Well, one of the first things I did after installing was=20 recompile the kernel to add sound support for my SBLive! and clean out = some of=20 the unused stuff. After you compile a kernel, the old one is left = behind on /=20 just in case you can't boot to the new one. Well, between this extra = kernel=20 and a few other things on /, it managed to exceed 100% = capacity.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Anyway, use 'df' to take a look at = the state=20 of your slices. Without arguments, this will list the default info for = /;=20 /usr; /var; /proc; and I think your swap (Not in FBSD right now, so I = can't=20 confirm all of them). It tells you the total capacity, bytes used, = percentage=20 used, etc. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>If you've compiled a new kernel = and everything=20 is working as expected, you may want to trash the old one, or at least = move it=20 into /usr/local or something. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>A hint that this may be the case = is the first=20 part of the error message (i.e. "/: write failed...") </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Hope this helps!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Ryan</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2></FONT><BR><BR><BR>Daniel = Killingsworth=20 wrote:<BR><BR>> I keep getting this error and am unsure what could = be=20 causing it. Could<BR>> anyone shed some light on where I = mught begin=20 to look?<BR>><BR>> /: write failed, file system is = full<BR>><BR>>=20 Thanks,<BR>><BR>> /Dan<BR>>=20 = ________________________________________________________________________<= BR>>=20 Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at <A=20 = href=3D"http://www.hotmail.com">http://www.hotmail.com</A><BR>><BR>>= ; To=20 Unsubscribe: send mail to <A=20 = href=3D"mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.org">majordomo@FreeBSD.org</A><BR>> = with=20 "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the = message<BR><BR><BR><BR>To=20 Unsubscribe: send mail to <A=20 = href=3D"mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.org">majordomo@FreeBSD.org</A><BR>with=20 "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the=20 message</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01BFD008.C4B6E6E0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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