Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 15:29:23 -0700 (MST) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: Randy DuCharme <randyd@nconnect.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation woes Message-ID: <199701012229.PAA02144@obie.softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <199701010753.XAA09653@root.com> References: <32CA12D4.41C67EA6@nconnect.net> <199701010753.XAA09653@root.com>
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Randy DuCharme asked:
% 3. After installing several packages, sysinstall start complaining that
% there was some error and to check to other VTTY. In doing so, I see a lot
% of "proc: system full" (or somthing similar to that, I'm not near the
% machine right now).
David Greenman replied:
> This is a known bug in the installation procedure for 2.1.5. Sysinstall
> doesn't properly reap child processes (tar, gzip, etc), and the process
> table will eventually overflow if you try to install too many packages.
> Just reduce the number of packages down a bit and things should work.
Randy, please note that you can easily install *any* of the packages
on the CD-ROM after the basic system installation, using the 'pkg_add'
command. cd to /cdrom/packages/All and pkg_add each package you want,
one after another. It'll even take care of installing dependant
packages for you.
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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