From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Sep 10 13:14:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from smtp8.xs4all.nl (smtp8.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7F9037B407; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 13:14:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp8.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA13287; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 22:14:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.4) id f8AKEFO00555; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 22:14:15 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 22:14:15 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Jordan Hubbard Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.4RC4: out of space on / during install Message-ID: <20010910221415.B472@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <5895.161.114.88.74.1000124821.squirrel@webmail.xs4all.nl> <20010910094621D.jkh@freebsd.org> <20010910203932.C505@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20010910125311P.jkh@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010910125311P.jkh@freebsd.org>; from jkh@freebsd.org on Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 12:53:11PM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-RC X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 > 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" > > > 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 > > > > -- > > > > | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: > > > > wilko@FreeBSD.org > > > > |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte > > > > http://www.FreeBSD.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > > ---end of quoted text--- > > > > -- > > | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org > > |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte ---end of quoted text--- -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message