Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:24:57 +0200 From: "locus" <own3d@gmx.net> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: / is full while updating Message-ID: <001101c01192$a3b57710$4c44023e@aldrin>
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Well /tmp dir is using up alot of space. But i dont know if what is still needed to finish the updating. [root@gagarin /tmp] du -skh /* 5.0K /COPYRIGHT 3.8M /bin 370K /boot 4.1M /cdrom 0B /compat 41K /dev 1.1M /dist 606K /etc 0B /home 3.0M /kernel 2.7M /kernel.GENERIC 2.7M /kernel.old 14M /mnt 3.4M /modules 2.8M /modules.old 18K /proc 636K /root 9.7M /sbin 1.7M /stand 0B /sys 16M /tmp [root@gagarin /tmp] du -skh * 0B acin.kLIpZr2490 2.5M install.2548 2.5M install.292 863K install.32 2.5M install.377 2.5M install.378 2.5M install.472 2.5M install.91 153K locatevsKwIZ1747 0B mysql.sock 2.0K screens [root@gagarin /tmp] > Have you tried cleaning out your /tmp directory? It looks like something > is taking up alot of space on the root partition. > > What else is on /? (show me a "ls -lF /" and a "du -sk /*") > > On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, locus wrote: > > > i just tried to update my box from 4.0R to 4.1S. While doing 'make > > installworld' my root partition got out of space (i dont have many > > non-system files in my root partition, only about 3-4MB at most). Maybe you > > think, why i only have a 50MB root partition. Well i let the installation > > program allocate the space for the partitions automaticly ( i thought they > > have to know how big a root partition has to be :) ). Well the only solution > > i can think of at the moment is to buy a new hard disk and make a bigger > > root partition. Or are there any other ways to get enough free space to > > finish updateing my system? > > If not...whats the best way to get my root partition to an other disk? So > > that i can boot of it? > > Would installing the bsd boot loader on the new disk, and then cp the root > > to the other disk work? > > > > /dev/ad0s1a 51M 50M -3.7M 108% / > > /dev/ad0s1f 3.9G 1.1G 2.5G 30% /usr > > /dev/ad0s1e 20M 3.0M 16M 16% /var > > procfs 4.1K 4.1K 0B 100% /proc > > /dev/ad2s1e 9.9G 7.4G 1.7G 81% /usr/home/smb > > > > thanks, Tom > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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