From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 13 17:07:29 2011 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 1EEE41065695 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:07:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D503F8FC08 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:07:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-143-131.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.143.131]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C0E43CB69; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:07:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id p1DH7QGq017480; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:07:26 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:07:26 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Rem Roberti Message-Id: <20110213180726.03839bb2.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4D580C00.6060902@comcast.net> References: <4D580C00.6060902@comcast.net> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Stuck X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:07:29 -0000 On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 08:51:12 -0800, Rem Roberti wrote: > This is a new one for me. I decided to do a manual update on my 8.1 > box, starting with csup. Buildworld went fine, as did buildkernel. > However, when I tried to install the new kernel installkernel choked > with an error message telling me that it could not proceed because the > root partition was full. What! I did a df and sure enough the root > partition was overloaded. When I installed the system I used > sysinstalls recommended sizes for the root partion, which is around > 10G. Where is it advised to make / 10 GB? Do you have any other functional parts that get their own partition traditionally (such as /tmp, /var, /usr) on the / partition? The installation process should not make the system bigger, as updating the system usually keeps nearly the same sizes. An exception is the kernel: Here, a backup of the previous kernel will be generated. On a partition / with 10 GB capacity and at least 1 GB free you should not run into problems. Kernel and modules should not grow bigger than that. > Anyway, when I rebooted, the system rebooted into single user > mode, and that is presently where I stand. I have no idea how to > proceed at this point, and would appreciate any help in fixing this. You could try to mount the partitions via # mount -a # exit and bring up the system in multi-user mode, if possible. You can try to make sure there is sufficient space on the / partition to repeat the system and kernel installation procedure. Make sure you read the comment section of /usr/src/Makefile which gives a very good roadmap of how to properly perform an update. > Of > course, I smell a newbie type error in all of this, but haven't quite > figured out where I went wrong. If you can provide command output. You can use the program "script" to make a copy of all terminal input/output to a file. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...