Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 14:18:33 -0500 From: "Randy DuCharme" <randyd@nconnect.net> To: "New User" <stefan.veith@mail.online-club.de>, "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> Cc: <questions@freebsd.com> Subject: Re: "System full"? / Linux emulation Message-ID: <199705231929.OAA00239@egyptian.microxp.com>
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---- From: Paul T. Root <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: New User <stefan.veith@mail.online-club.de> Cc: questions@freebsd.com Date: Friday, May 23, 1997 1:53 PM Subject: Re: "System full"? / Linux emulation >In a previous message, New User said: >> -- [ From: New User * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- >> >> 1. Question: >> I tried to compile a new kernel with my personal configuration (ISDN, no >> SCSI, etc) but whenever I type "make" it says after some minutes of >> compiation: "System full [...]". Where is my problem? I use a 1-GB-HDD; >> typing "df" I learn that about 60% of /var and /usr are in use (/proc=100%). >> Do I have too little memory (12K) or a too slow processor (486/DX-40)? [I >> think that this could *not* be the reason.] > > >I assume that's 12M of memory. /proc will always be 100%. >I'm not sure what this could be. System full isn't a normal >FS error. Can you send the actual output of the build? >How much swap to you have, maybe you're running out of main >memory/swap. > > >> 2. Question: >> I tried to run Liunx programmes; before I did so, I changed in >> /etc/sysconfig LINUX="NO" to "YES". But having restarted my computer none of >> them ran. I use the 2.2.1-stable release of FreeBSD and did evereything the >> handbook says. Where is the error? And one more question: Do Linux >> programmes run slower on FreeBSD than under their native platform? I mean: >> is this emulation robbing system resources and computing time? > >Did you install the linux libraries? (linux-lib package) try running >/compat/linux/usr/sbin/ldd on the linux programs your trying to run. >It will tell you if any libraries are missing. What programs are you >trying to run? I have doom, acroread and Star Office running fine >under linux. Greetings, FWIW When I installed the linux compat package it installed them to /compat/linux.... . With a 20M / file system I quickly ran out of space and got all sorts of 'file system full' error messages. I moved /compat/linux to /usr, created the appropriate links, and the problems disappeared. Could this be the problem, perhaps? Randy DuCharme
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