From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 10 01:11:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24E5B16A4CE for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 01:11:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from enterprise.another.com.au (dsl-210-15-193-5.TAS.netspace.net.au [210.15.193.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63AD643D1D for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 01:11:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from richard@another.com.au) Received: from enterprise.another.com.au (nobody@localhost.another.com.au [127.0.0.1])i1A9A52P078759; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 20:11:05 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from richard@enterprise.another.com.au) Received: from localhost (richard@localhost)i1A9A5vn078756; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 20:10:05 +1100 (EST) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 20:10:05 +1100 (EST) From: Richard Beyer To: Jez Hancock In-Reply-To: <20040210073154.GB75928@users.munk.nu> Message-ID: <20040210201000.K78751@enterprise.another.com.au> References: <20040210123328.E75523@enterprise.another.com.au> <20040210073154.GB75928@users.munk.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 'clamd / ClamAV version 0.65', clamav-milter version '0.60p' X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.7 required=4.5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FVGT_TRIPWIRE_OC,FVGT_TRIPWIRE_PF,TW_OC,TW_PF autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on mail.another.com.au cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Upgrading 4.8 - 5.2, filesystem full X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:11:12 -0000 Thanks Jez, Here's my df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a 126M 106M 9.4M 92% / /dev/ad0s1f 252M 9.6M 222M 4% /tmp /dev/ad0s1g 72G 2.7G 64G 4% /usr /dev/ad0s1e 252M 51M 181M 22% /var procfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /proc It's an 80Gig HDD and I was using the sysinstall | upgrade | all | include ports Cheers, Richard On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Jez Hancock wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 12:36:27PM +1100, Richard Beyer wrote: > > I tried doing an upgrade from 4.8 to 5.2, and part way through I got a > > filesystem full error (about 3 in a row actually) as each partion filled > > up. (No panic - doing it off a mirror). > > > > My question is - obviously the CDROM sysinstall isn't going to work for me > > - what now? > Get a bigger hard drive? :P > > More details might help - how big is the disk drive you're installing > to? How big are the partitions created in the install process? What > type of installation are you attempting - full/minimal/etc ? > > The minimal installation takes up very little room - around 3-400MB iirc > which should be small enough to fit on any hdd manufactured in the last > 5 years or so. > > > -- > Jez Hancock > - System Administrator / PHP Developer > > http://munk.nu/ > http://jez.hancock-family.com/ - Another FreeBSD Diary > http://ipfwstats.sf.net/ - ipfw peruser traffic logging >