Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 11:04:41 +0200 (CEST) From: "Tom Verbreyt" <tom@abwaerts.be> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Installation problems: filesystem is (not) full Message-ID: <44764.134.58.253.193.1053853481.squirrel@webmail.priorweb.be>
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Hey all, New to the lists, new to FreeBSD, so please kindly forgive me if this isn't the right place for my question (tough choice anyway, since there are that many different lists...). Some weeks ago, I already tried to install FreeBSD, but since I was quite busy, I didn't bother to search for a solution for the errors I encountered. OpenBSD went right, but in the end, I chose to go back to Debian. However, I still want to give myself a try with FreeBSD, so I burned the mini-ISO this morning, figuring the errors back then might have been caused by bad installation media. However, the exact same problem occurs time and again. 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. What am I doing wrong? Could someone please enlighten me...? If so, thanks a lot in advance... Greets, Tom -- http://%77%77%77%2E%61%62%77%61%65%72%74%73%2E%62%65/
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