Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 14:30:57 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: Tom Verbreyt <tom@abwaerts.be> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation problems: filesystem is (not) full Message-ID: <20030525123057.GL90914@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <44764.134.58.253.193.1053853481.squirrel@webmail.priorweb.be> References: <44764.134.58.253.193.1053853481.squirrel@webmail.priorweb.be>
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# tom@abwaerts.be / 2003-05-25 11:04:41 +0200:
> Basically, installation is - ehm... smooth sailing, at least, until
> the point where real installation should start. I create a slice,
> create partitions and select a distribution set. Then, however,
> installation fails. These are some random notes I took (copied):
>
> write failure on transfer (wrote -1 bytes of 240640 bytes)
> unable to transfer the base distribution from acd0
> / : write failed, filesystem is full
>
> and on VT4:
>
> pid 131 (cpio), uid 0 inumber 171 on /: filesystem is full
>
> Those errors are quite clear to me, but I can't think of any reason
> for the root filesystem to be full... I devoted all of my HD to FBSD,
> so how could it possibly be full! :-s Anyway, at that point, I can't
> exit the installer, a never-ending cycle of trying to retrieve the files
> again and telling that it won't succeed starts, so basically, I then
> just shut the power down and remain with a useless machine... :-)
>
> I don't recall my exact partitioning scheme, but root had about 1.5
> gigs, and /usr got 2,5. For a minute, I remembered the I/O-thingy
> I read about in the book, but also that it defaults to "enabled". So
> I'm lost.
strange, I've been always fine with much smaller / partitions.
what is the "I/O-thingy" you talk about? do you mean softupdates by
any chance? that could be causing your problem if it's enabled on /,
but given it's size I don't think this is very likely.
hmmm... :(
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