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From: ganter@carson.u.washington.edu (Mark Ganter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: [NetBSD] /: write failed, file system is full
Keywords: [NetBSD] file system full
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Date: 28 May 93 02:36:05 GMT
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I'm running NetBSD on a 486dx/33 with 340MB and 20MB Ram.  I'm
compiling a big program and I get the following message:
/: write failed, file system is full

I believe that my root directory is getting full.  The /tmp 
directory is part of my root directory.  My root partition is about
8 MB with about 2.2 MB free.   So I renamed /tmp /tmp2.  Mkdir /usr/tmp
then ln -s /usr/tmp /tmp to set a linked directory on the other
partition i.e. usr.  I did not reboot but I still get the
error message.  Any hints would be appreciated....Mark

Mark Ganter/Univ of Washington/FU-10/Seattle,WA 98195 USA/ganter@u.washington.edu