Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 17:45:10 +0100 From: "Michael A. Smith" <msmith@code-fu.com> To: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install troubles right at the beginning Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20010824174321.00ae6c10@www.maiatech.com> In-Reply-To: <20010824094207.B87889@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <5.0.2.1.2.20010824170751.00a736f8@www.maiatech.com> <5.0.2.1.2.20010824170751.00a736f8@www.maiatech.com>
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At 09:42 2001-08-24 -0700, David O'Brien wrote: >On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 05:15:51PM +0100, Michael A. Smith wrote: > > I can boot the FreeBSD/alpha 4.3 CD-ROM just fine. I partition my drive > > (using either the AUTO setting or my own settings), then I pick a "canned" > > distribution. When things start to write to the drive I get errors such as: > > /mnt: write failed, file system is full > >The auto selection sizes might be too small now days. Can you report the >size of your system disk and what sizes for /, /usr and swap you picked >and the AUTO selection gave you for your machine. / 200MB swap 256MB /var 200MB /usr 8+GB With either the AUTO settings or my own, the disk full errors start with the writing of the first byte. -- "When a man is tired of London he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." -- Samuel Johnson -- Michael A. Smith <msmith@code-fu.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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