From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 9 10:39:25 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDF021065679; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 10:39:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43F648FC12; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 10:39:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n99Ad8BL015147; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 12:39:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n99Ad8Or015146; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 12:39:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 12:39:08 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200910091039.n99Ad8Or015146@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, randi@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-questions User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:39:24 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: / almost out of space just after installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, randi@FreeBSD.ORG List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:39:25 -0000 Randi Harper wrote: > 1.) Look at the PR database and search for sysinstall. See all those open > reports, some from 8 years ago? sysinstall needs some babying. It doesn't need babying, it needs killing. :-) Quotes from the sysinstall(8) manpage: "This product is currently at the end of its life cycle and will eventually be replaced." And: "This utility is a prototype which lasted several years past its expira- tion date and is greatly in need of death." Actually I hoped that 8.0 would be released with the new installer that has been under development for some time. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be ready yet. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd I suggested holding a "Python Object Oriented Programming Seminar", but the acronym was unpopular. -- Joseph Strout