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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Moncef wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> I'm trying to install FreeBSD (2.1.6-RELEASE) over a LAN. But when 
> he starts downloading files from the ftp server, I get the following 
> message: 
> /: write failed, file system is full    
> 
> NB: My HD is empty !!!

How big did you allocate to / in the disklabel editor?

Try using the <A>uto defaults.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major