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Date:      Mon, 8 Nov 1999 13:58:28 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Juan Kuuse <kuuse@quik.guate.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Which files are obsolete?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911081356500.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <199911081936.LAA05446@www.geocrawler.com>

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On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Juan Kuuse wrote:

> This message was sent from Geocrawler.com by "Juan Kuuse" <kuuse@quik.guate.com>
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> 
> I have two 3.1-RELEASE boxes.
> I successfully upgraded one of them to 3.3-STABLE, following the tutorial instructions by Nik Clayton.
> When I try do do the same on the other one, it compiles for a long while, then the /usr partition fills up.
> 
> I deleted the /usr/obj directory, the /usr/ports directory, and symlinked /tmp -> /var/tmp
> Still, before make buildworld, I start with:
> (3.1-RELEASE box)
> $ df
> Filesystem  1K-blocks     Used    Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> /dev/wd0s1a     31743    19580     9624    67%    /
> /dev/wd0s1f   1080887   852993   141424    86%    /usr
> /dev/wd0s1e     29751     7629    19742    28%    /var
> procfs              4        4        0   100%    /proc
> which seems to be too little disk space on /usr for an upgrade?

yes, not enough space.

try this command sequence:

du -kx /usr | sort -n | more

(substitute less for more if you have it installed)

that ought to help you find the disk hogging files.

also, please set your mailer to wrap lines longer than 70 characters.

-Alfred



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