Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:25:58 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org, Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> Subject: Re: Filesystem full...... Message-ID: <20080421172558.GD79575@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <18444.48219.458888.619615@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <480CB66B.4050705@eskk.nu> <18444.48219.458888.619615@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:10:03PM -0400, Robert Huff wrote: > > Leslie Jensen writes: > > > /: write failed, filesystem is full > > install: /boot/kernel/wlan_tkip.ko.symbols: No space left on device > > *** Error code 71 > > > > My question is can I get around this or have I made my / slice to > > small? Just to keep this clear. Your root file system is on a FreeBSD partition - partition 'a' Robert Huff uses the term correctly below, but you do not above. ////jerry > > Yes. :-) > Start by cleaning up /; usually that starts with /tmp ... but > you've already got that on a separate partition, > As for the size - the machine I'm currently on shows: > > huff@> du /boot | sort -nr | head > 210558 /boot > 93642 /boot/kernel > 93002 /boot/kernel.old > 22978 /boot/GENERIC > 22 /boot/defaults > 2 /boot/zfs > 2 /boot/modules > 2 /boot/firmware > > That's 220mb just for kernels. There's no reason I can't > delete kernel.old or GENERIC ... but having fall-backs lets me sleep > better. > Add 13m for /sbin, 20m for /lib, and you're pretty much done. > (That machine has a 500mb /.) > > > Robert Huff > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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