From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 25 05:31:01 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DFE237B401 for ; Sun, 25 May 2003 05:31:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.bellavista.cz (mail.bellavista.cz [213.235.167.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EF8543F85 for ; Sun, 25 May 2003 05:31:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz (freepuppy.bellavista.cz [10.0.0.10]) by mail.bellavista.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02AB345E; Sun, 25 May 2003 14:30:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 928BC2FDAB2; Sun, 25 May 2003 14:30:57 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 14:30:57 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Tom Verbreyt Message-ID: <20030525123057.GL90914@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Tom Verbreyt , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <44764.134.58.253.193.1053853481.squirrel@webmail.priorweb.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44764.134.58.253.193.1053853481.squirrel@webmail.priorweb.be> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation problems: filesystem is (not) full X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 12:31:01 -0000 # tom@abwaerts.be / 2003-05-25 11:04:41 +0200: > Basically, installation is - ehm... smooth sailing, at least, until > the point where real installation should start. I create a slice, > create partitions and select a distribution set. Then, however, > installation fails. These are some random notes I took (copied): > > write failure on transfer (wrote -1 bytes of 240640 bytes) > unable to transfer the base distribution from acd0 > / : write failed, filesystem is full > > and on VT4: > > pid 131 (cpio), uid 0 inumber 171 on /: filesystem is full > > Those errors are quite clear to me, but I can't think of any reason > for the root filesystem to be full... I devoted all of my HD to FBSD, > so how could it possibly be full! :-s Anyway, at that point, I can't > exit the installer, a never-ending cycle of trying to retrieve the files > again and telling that it won't succeed starts, so basically, I then > just shut the power down and remain with a useless machine... :-) > > I don't recall my exact partitioning scheme, but root had about 1.5 > gigs, and /usr got 2,5. For a minute, I remembered the I/O-thingy > I read about in the book, but also that it defaults to "enabled". So > I'm lost. strange, I've been always fine with much smaller / partitions. what is the "I/O-thingy" you talk about? do you mean softupdates by any chance? that could be causing your problem if it's enabled on /, but given it's size I don't think this is very likely. hmmm... :( -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html