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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU!munnari.oz.au!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!wariat.org!hookup!news.caren.net!news.join.ad.jp!news.imnet.ad.jp!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.netins.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!scratchy.mi.net!grumpy.insinc.net!aristotle.cyberstream.com!usenet From: cforger@cyberstream.com (Chris Forgeron) Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Disk full errors Date: 10 Oct 1995 20:10:10 GMT Organization: CyberStream Lines: 27 Message-ID: <45ejv3$vq@aristotle.cyberstream.com> References: <davidp-2909951437400001@mac219.admin.biola.edu> <Pine.BSD/.3.91.951002105600.15500C-100000@server.esva.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: staff5.cyberstream.com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.3 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au news.software.nntp:16402 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:1126 In article <Pine.BSD/.3.91.951002105600.15500C-100000@server.esva.net>, thom@esva.net says... > >On Fri, 29 Sep 1995, David Pisoni wrote: > >> Disk usage: >> /dev/sd0e 3220914 2431678 467144 84% /usr/var/spool/news >> /dev/sd1a 1388078 164578 1154096 12% /usr/local/news >> >> Seems like lots of space.... >> >> but then later in the report: >> >> sort: No space left on device > >How much space is left on the root? It could be running out of space in >/tmp. It sounds like you are running out of space in /tmp. On most BSDI setups (which I assume you are running) the /tmp is a mff (ramdisk) setup that is way too small for the massive megabytes of info that makehistory needs. When you run your makehistory, make sure to include "-T /usr/tmp" which specified makehistory (and sort) to use the specified temp directory, not your /tmp. Just don't forget to create /usr/tmp before you try this. :-)