Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:24:35 -0700 From: Caleb Stein <caleb.stein@me.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: make installworld fails Message-ID: <C9EAD87A-0D51-4E73-9173-77B10FBDDC0F@me.com> In-Reply-To: <44tyndt759.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <op.vgr3y4t1esa1c5@win7x64.mshome.net> <44tyndt759.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Aug 2, 2010, at 7:34 AM, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org > wrote: > Caleb Stein <caleb.stein@me.com> writes: > >> I am trying to update my FreeBSD 8.0 to FreeBSD 8.1. Here is the >> order I ran the commands in (all as root): >> >> cd /usr/src >> make buildworld >> make buildkernel >> shutdown now >> make installkernel >> shutdown -r now >> adjkerntz -i >> mount -a -t ufs >> mergemaster -p >> cd /usr/src >> make installworld >> mergemaster >> reboot >> >> But I didn't get to run the last two. When I run make >> installworld, I >> get errors telling me that the filesystem is full. Now, I can assure >> you it is not. Well, basically, what I am asking is why is the >> filesystem full after installing the new kernel? > > The number of kernel modules has been increasing quite quickly, and > modules are installed with the kernel (by default). This has led to > installkernel filling up the root filesystem increasingly often. It > just happened to me yesterday, although in that case snapshots and > four > or five old kernels were part of the problem. > > Are you *sure* that the filesystem isn't full? > Can you show df(1) output? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " I was wrong, the filesystem was full. I did delete the old kernel modules though, and that fixed the issue.
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