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Date:      Mon, 10 Sep 2001 22:14:15 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        Jordan Hubbard <jkh@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4.4RC4: out of space on / during install
Message-ID:  <20010910221415.B472@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20010910125311P.jkh@freebsd.org>; from jkh@freebsd.org on Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 12:53:11PM -0700
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On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 12:53:11PM -0700, Jordan Hubbard wrote:

I see. My guess was not too bad then as far as the docs went.

Hmm. How about me putting an entry in the 4.4 relnotes? There are no
ill effects that I can see.

Maybe a seperate mfs /tmp might help?

W/

> All the docs are individually compressed to save space (well, to make
> them fit at all) and uncompressed as needed.  Since the various menus
> also have F1 help screens, merely visiting a menu can cause a doc file
> to be uncompressed.  Sounds like we're really up against the wall on
> the mfsroot image again for the alpha.  I don't think it's going to
> get fixed for 4.4-RELEASE, but we should definitely revisit this issue
> post-release.
> 
> - Jordan
> 
> From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
> Subject: Re: 4.4RC4: out of space on / during install
> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 20:39:32 +0200
> 
> > On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 09:46:21AM -0700, Jordan Hubbard wrote:
> > 
> > Urm indeed. 
> > 
> > It already happens upon sysinstall displaying it's initial menu screen.
> > 
> > Are the screens compressed maybe? [I know next to nothing about the internal
> > workings of sysinstall..]
> > 
> > I was definitely not reading any docs [I write docs, I don't read 'm]
> > 
> > Wilko
> > 
> > 
> > > Hurm, what phase of the installation do you see this in?  When
> > > a doc file is expanded, I assume?  There really aren't that many
> > > places where sysinstall writes into the MFS root.
> > > 
> > > - Jordan
> > > 
> > > From: "Wilko Bulte" <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
> > > Subject: 4.4RC4: out of space on / during install
> > > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:27:01 +0200 (CEST)
> > > 
> > > > I have sofar successfully installed the 4.4RC4 on DS10, DS20, Miata MX5
> > > > and TurboLaser 8400.
> > > > 
> > > > But all of them report: write / filesystem full during sysinstall.
> > > > It is actually gunzip causing this (according to VTY2).
> > > > 
> > > > Does this mean mfsroot has become too small?? 
> > > > 
> > > > Install seems to work OK otherwise, error or not.
> > > > 
> > > > Wilko
> > > > -- 
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> > > > wilko@FreeBSD.org
> > > > |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte                                   
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> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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