Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 08:13:03 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pfft Re: make install trick Message-ID: <99Oct7.081028est.40324@border.alcanet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910060836160.8080-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <v04205512b4211354360f@[195.238.21.204]> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910060836160.8080-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On 1999-Oct-07 01:51:52 +1000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >First post: > hey, anyone having crashes when doing installworld might like > my INSTALL="sync && install -C" trick I haven't kept that post. My recollection is that the problem was installworld dying, not the system crashing. If I misread or mis-remember the post, my apologies. >no matter which option you choose you can still get bitten by >softupdates when you do run out of space even by a trusted >user such as root. Softupdates reporting ENOSPC soon after a delete is a known bug. At this stage the recommended workaround (according to Kirk) is not to run softupdates on filesystems where this condition is likely. If anyone wants to fix it, patches would be welcomed by Kirk or Julian. If softupdates is causing panics, that is an extremely undesirable bug. I haven't been bitten (yet) and don't have a solution. My view is that the remainder of the thread has been discussing the relative merits of different ways to avoid the problem. Peter -- Peter Jeremy (VK2PJ) peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au Alcatel Australia Limited 41 Mandible St Phone: +61 2 9690 5019 ALEXANDRIA NSW 2015 Fax: +61 2 9690 5982 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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