bin/162659: Can't install FreeBSD-amd64-9.0-RC2 on disk less than 6Go (/mnt: out of inodes)

[Olivier Cochard-Labbe]

>Number:         162659
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       Can't install FreeBSD-amd64-9.0-RC2 on disk less than 6Go (/mnt: out of inodes)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Nov 18 10:30:13 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Olivier Cochard-Labbe
>Release:        9.0-RC2
>Organization:
BSD Router Project
>Environment:
FreeBSD vm 9.0-RC2 FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 #0: Sat Nov 12 18:35:25 UTC 2011 root at farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
>Description:
Installing FreeBSD-9.0-RC2-amd64-dvd1.iso on a VM with an hard drive less than 6 Go failed.
Tested and reproductible on a VM configured with a 4Go or 5Go hard drive as example.

During install process I choose these distribution sets: ports and src only.
And I'm using guided partitioning / Entire Disk / All Auto

The installer failed during archive extraction of ports.txz (at about 88% progress of this file extraction) with this kind of message:

Error while extracting ports.txz:
Can't create
'usr/ports/XX/YY'

And on the background there is this message:
..on /mnt: out of inodes

Because these distribution sets (ports and src only) consume only 2.7Go of disk space, it should be possible to install it on a 3Go hard drive.
>How-To-Repeat:
Installing distribution set ports and src on a VM with less than 6Go hard drive.
>Fix:
Using a minimum of 6Go hard drive fix the problem.

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