From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 21 16:20:16 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 89B9D1065672 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:20:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carpetsmoker@phong.rwxrwxrwx.net) Received: from phong.rwxrwxrwx.net (rwxrwxrwx.net [82.93.23.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F05908FC23 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:20:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carpetsmoker@phong.rwxrwxrwx.net) Received: from phong.rwxrwxrwx.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phong.rwxrwxrwx.net (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m3LFwopa001818; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:58:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from carpetsmoker@phong.rwxrwxrwx.net) Received: (from carpetsmoker@localhost) by phong.rwxrwxrwx.net (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m3LFwn4F001817; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:58:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from carpetsmoker) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:58:49 +0200 From: Martin Tournoij To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080421155849.GA1776@rwxrwxrwx.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, leslie@eskk.nu References: <480CB66B.4050705@eskk.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <480CB66B.4050705@eskk.nu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: leslie@eskk.nu Subject: Re: Filesystem 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: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:20:16 -0000 On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 05:44:43PM +0200, Leslie Jensen wrote: > > During "make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC" I get > > /: write failed, filesystem is full > install: /boot/kernel/wlan_tkip.ko.symbols: No space left on device > *** Error code 71 > > output of df -H gives > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/ad0s1a 260M 259M -20M 108% / > devfs 1.0k 1.0k 0B 100% /dev > /dev/ad0s1g 127G 30G 87G 25% /home > /dev/ad0s1e 260M 26M 213M 11% /tmp > /dev/ad0s1f 26G 6.0G 18G 25% /usr > /dev/ad0s1d 260M 209M 30M 87% /var > /dev/ad4s1d 387G 119G 237G 33% /backup > linprocfs 4.1k 4.1k 0B 100% /usr/compat/linux/proc > > It's a system I've had for a few years, and it has been upgreded a few > times before. > > My question is can I get around this or have I made my / slice to small? > > Thanks > > /Leslie 256M should be enough. You probably have some "junk" on the root filesystem, you may want to check /boot/kernel.old and /root You can use du -hxd1 to check the sizes of directories, and see which are taking up so much space. Regards, Martin Tournoij