Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 20:10:05 +1100 (EST) From: Richard Beyer <richard@another.com.au> To: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Upgrading 4.8 - 5.2, filesystem full Message-ID: <20040210201000.K78751@enterprise.another.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20040210073154.GB75928@users.munk.nu> References: <20040210123328.E75523@enterprise.another.com.au> <20040210073154.GB75928@users.munk.nu>
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Thanks Jez, Here's my df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a 126M 106M 9.4M 92% / /dev/ad0s1f 252M 9.6M 222M 4% /tmp /dev/ad0s1g 72G 2.7G 64G 4% /usr /dev/ad0s1e 252M 51M 181M 22% /var procfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /proc It's an 80Gig HDD and I was using the sysinstall | upgrade | all | include ports Cheers, Richard On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Jez Hancock wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 12:36:27PM +1100, Richard Beyer wrote: > > I tried doing an upgrade from 4.8 to 5.2, and part way through I got a > > filesystem full error (about 3 in a row actually) as each partion filled > > up. (No panic - doing it off a mirror). > > > > My question is - obviously the CDROM sysinstall isn't going to work for me > > - what now? > Get a bigger hard drive? :P > > More details might help - how big is the disk drive you're installing > to? How big are the partitions created in the install process? What > type of installation are you attempting - full/minimal/etc ? > > The minimal installation takes up very little room - around 3-400MB iirc > which should be small enough to fit on any hdd manufactured in the last > 5 years or so. > > > -- > Jez Hancock > - System Administrator / PHP Developer > > http://munk.nu/ > http://jez.hancock-family.com/ - Another FreeBSD Diary > http://ipfwstats.sf.net/ - ipfw peruser traffic logging >
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