From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 4 15:54:19 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 425E31065680 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2008 15:54:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from raq3.nitrex.net (raq3.nitrex.net [213.165.226.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCAFC8FC22 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2008 15:54:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from raq5.nitrex.net (raq5.nitrex.net [213.165.227.5]) by raq3.nitrex.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m84FsH5n005691 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:54:17 +0100 Received: from [192.168.10.142] (gate.zenatode.org.uk [213.165.225.167]) by raq5.nitrex.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m84FsCE3007456 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:54:16 +0100 Message-ID: <48C004A3.9050709@onetel.com> Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:54:11 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.7pre (X11/20080822) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20080904012249.181f2231.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20080904012249.181f2231.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: =?UTF-8?B?Tmlrb2xhIEtuZcW+ZXZpxIc=?= , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /: write failed, filesystem is full X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:54:19 -0000 Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 17:30:58 +0200, Nikola Knežević wrote: >> Hi, >> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 7.0 on our new server (Intel Xeon 2x4- >> core machine), which has a 250GB SATAII disk. I used -bootonly CD >> image, and assigned whole disk to FreeBSD. Breakdown is: >> / - 2GB >> swap - 4GB >> /var - 9GB >> /tmp - 4GB >> /usr - 213GB >> >> As soon as I start copying files from FTP, this is the error I get: >> /: write failed, filesystem is full >> >> This shouldn't happen, since sysinstall did newfs on these partitions. >> >> What to do? > > Something went wrong when specifying the disks where the OS > is to be installed to. As it has already been mentioned, / > is placed on a RAM disk. Extraction of the OS's components > has to go to the mountpoints where your correctly created > partitions reside (which are more than big enough, especially > regarding /, I think). > > Did you do the installation via the sysinstall utility? If > not, make sure the correct mount points are given for the > software installation, e. g. > > /dev/ad0s1a -> /mnt/ > /dev/ad0s1d -> /mnt/tmp > /dev/ad0s1e -> /mnt/var > /dev/ad0s1f -> /mnt/usr > /dev/ad0s1g -> /mnt/home > > The structures in / (/bin, /usr/local etc.) are not the > structures you want to have on the disk you're installing on. > > > > PS. Where's your /home partition? :-) > There used to be an issue with the installer that if you crashed out of the install process somewhere then restarted it from within sysinstall without rebooting you could get a similar issue. Maybe it's been fixed by now though. Sorry not to be more specific, it's been a long time since it has happened to me, maybe someone who knows more could confirm. Chris