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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.alt.net!newspost1.alt.net!pavanas From: pavanas@nomina.ccia.com (pavanas abludo incusus) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: infinite loop in sysinstall Date: 11 May 1997 18:50:42 GMT Organization: Aragorn Asteria Lines: 32 Message-ID: <slrn5nc58m.6h8.pavanas@nomina.ccia.com> References: <5kije3$7ke$2@news9.gte.net> <336D27CA.167EB0E7@FreeBSD.org> <slrn5mupgs.1mq.pavanas@nomina.ccia.com> <slrn5n6pbj.sk4.pavanas@nomina.ccia.com> <337536A5.1410@postoffice.ptd.net> Reply-To: pavanas@smalt.net X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40733 On 11 May 1997 03:01:50 GMT, T.M. Sommers <tms2@postoffice.ptd.net> mused and hath written: >pavanas abludo incusus wrote: >> >> on a running system i was attempting with /stand/sysinstall to add the >> Linux lib pkg (from memory may not be exact name) and i got the message >> file system full. oops. i checked with `df' and saw `/ Capacity 109%'. >> that was that. does anyone know why? it does become a little old to keep >> re-doing the install. the option choice was /tmp/usr. >> > >I had the same problem. The Linux stuff is put in /compat, and there is >a lot of it. Making a /usr/compat and linking /compat to it should solve >the problem. > Oddly enough on my 18th install I managed to install the Linux stuff around 13MB in / and this time it did not overfill /. I did not change the size of /. So why it worked this time and did not work the previous time I have no idea. I may move it later to a slice with more space. Meanwhile I am just happy everthing I wanted is installed and it works. So I am in no real hurry to fiddle with it. Besides I have yet to experience a FBSD kernel compile. cheers -- IHS pavanas The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame of blame. Hobbs