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Date:      Sun, 4 Jul 1999 10:26:51 +1200
From:      "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz>
To:        tw <tw@nabi.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Novice FreeBSD install
Message-ID:  <19990703222936.LSV112692.mta2-rme@wocker>
In-Reply-To: <377E8956.EDCF0DCF@nabi.net>

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On 3 Jul 99, at 15:06, tw wrote:

> After using the boot floppies I made from the cd and booting into the
> kernel configuration (visual mode for novices) then resolving all irq
> conflicts,I make all my installation choices including the Xfree86 windows
> system and see the progress of files being copied for a few minutes.
> 
> Then I get an error window saying:
> 
> ------------------------
> /mnt/usr:write failed, file system is full.
> ------------------------
> and every file for the X windows after that is the same message.

Try going for a minimal distribution install first.  You can always use 
/stand/sysinstall later to add X Windows.

> I have tried making the /usr partition as large as possible and also
> using the default both with the same result.  Here is what the default is:
> 
> 
> Mount_____Size
> /                  32mb
> swap           261mb
> /var             30mb
> /usr             193mb

Your swap should be about twice your memory size.  But you may want to 
adjust that depending on whether or not you can install what you need.
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