From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 23 11:24:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA06362 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 23 May 1997 11:24:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.cdrom.com [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA06352 for ; Fri, 23 May 1997 11:24:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lib.amu.edu.pl (root@lib.umu.edu.pl [150.254.100.254]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA20749 for ; Fri, 23 May 1997 11:24:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by lib.amu.edu.pl id m0wUyPs-0005R0C (Debian Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #2); Fri, 23 May 1997 19:46:12 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 19:46:12 +0200 (MET DST) From: bogusz To: New User cc: "questions@freebsd.com" Subject: Re: "System full"? / Linux emulation In-Reply-To: <199705231310.PAA07660@rpops002.rp-online.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I happend to have the same problem a few days ago - /usr and /var weren't full but the root partition was full (/). You don't mention it so check for example the /root directory - may be you have put too much stuff into it (netscape cache eg.). Cheers, Bogusz On Fri, 23 May 1997, New User wrote: > -- [ From: New User * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- > > 1. Question: > I tried to compile a new kernel with my personal configuration (ISDN, no > SCSI, etc) but whenever I type "make" it says after some minutes of > compiation: "System full [...]". Where is my problem? I use a 1-GB-HDD; > typing "df" I learn that about 60% of /var and /usr are in use (/proc=100%). > Do I have too little memory (12K) or a too slow processor (486/DX-40)? [I > think that this could *not* be the reason.] > > 2. Question: > I tried to run Liunx programmes; before I did so, I changed in > /etc/sysconfig LINUX="NO" to "YES". But having restarted my computer none of > them ran. I use the 2.2.1-stable release of FreeBSD and did evereything the > handbook says. Where is the error? And one more question: Do Linux > programmes run slower on FreeBSD than under their native platform? I mean: > is this emulation robbing system resources and computing time? > > I would be happy if You could answer at least one question so that I will be > able to use FreeBSD correctly. > Yours, > Stefan Veith >