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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.2.1 nstall problem: filesystem error.
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> 
> I was trying to install FreeBSD 5.2.1 on my PC, but I got a strange error 
> about the filesystem being full. 
> I just created the filesystems, with / having 256MB.
> It was able to copy a few files from the mfsroot disk to /, then when it 
> tried
> to extract the packages, cpio complained about / being full. I've verified 
> that the disk geometry was correct and the partitions were set up right. 
> System is
> an eMachines T2778. I was atempting FTP installation. Anyone know what 
> might be wrong?

What other filesystems did you create.   

Certainly if you only made a 256MB / file system and no /usr or /var, 
etc (so it would put everything there in root), it would not be enough 
room to do a complete installation.   If you want to make one big root (/)
for the whole installation, you will need it to be something like 1.5GB
or more, depending on how much other stuff like X and ports you install.

////jerry