Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:11:17 +0100 From: "Julian Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall fails to re-allocate disk space. Message-ID: <200711231611.lANGBHOT085866@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:33:15 %2B0100." <20071123163315.23b539b0@peedub.jennejohn.org>
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Reference: > From: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de> > Reply-to: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de > Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:33:15 +0100 > Message-id: <20071123163315.23b539b0@peedub.jennejohn.org> Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:46:47 +0100 > "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> wrote: > > > Ken Smith wrote: > > > > > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0-BETA3 Available > > > The 7.0-BETA3 builds are now available. If you would like to download > > > > I installed 7.0-BETA3-i386-disc1.iso (after checking md5 on cd) on a 4G disc > > I told sysinstall: > > Use whole disc > > A For Auto defaults. > > It allocated 9M for swap ! > > I deleted swap & /usr to get space, > > Allocated 100M for swap. > > It said not enough space (despite 3G free !) > > > > My goodness, Julian. A 4GB disk. Chuckle! I've gots several, good for scratch testing. I was installing to achieve 2 jobs at once: crude disk erase of system with 4.10 + grabbing dmesg from 7 to to examine for sound interface, before putting a bigger disc in if it had BSD recognised sound :-) > I suspect that a n00b wouldn't dream of trying to use a disk that small. > I suspect that he wouldn't even know that disks that small exist(ed). > > Using such a small disk is something for an expert, in which case said > expert would do the expert install and first allocate space for swap and > the rest as one file system. That method would probably yield the desired > results. You'r right of course Gary :-) Even on an install on a new big disk, I bet the same systematic problem occurs, (maybe I'll try on spare partition of my 500G), but point taken, I should have tried expert mode. Damn! Why didn't I do that ? Blush ! Thanks. -- Julian Stacey. Munich Computer Consultant, BSD Unix C Linux. http://berklix.com Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. Dump cigs 4 snuff.
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