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From: Eric F Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 19:07:49 -0600
To: Dave Webster <dwebman@telus.net>
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Subject: Re: filesystem full error
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On Nov 6, 2005, at 6:59 PM, Dave Webster wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm trying to: pkg_add -r openoffice and I get the following:
>
> /var: write failed, filesystem is full
> mkdir: /var/db/pkg/ORBit-0.5.17_2: No space left on device
> pkg_add: can't record package infor '/var/db/pkg/ORBit-0.5.17_2',  
> you're
> on your own!
>
> That last part is particularily chilling - if I'm on my own, I'm  
> hooped!
>
> Here's the result of df -h:
>
> Filesystem     Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> /dev/ad0s1a    248M     93M    135M    41%    /
> devfs          1.0K    1.0K      0B   100%    /dev
> /dev/ad0s1e    248M    294K    228M     0%    /tmp
> /dev/ad0s1f     72G     25G     42G    37%    /usr
> /dev/ad0s1d    248M     62M    166M    27%    /var
> linprocfs      4.0K    4.0K      0B   100%    /usr/compat/linux/proc
>
> Any suggestions on what I should do?
> thanx in advance,
> Dave
>

Try this:

# du -hd2 /var

Post that here, or reply directly to me.

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