filesystem full error

[Michael C. Shultz]

On Sunday 06 November 2005 20:57, Dave Webster wrote:
> Thanks for the response,
> I edited the /etc/rc.conf with the clear_tmp_enable="YES"
> rebooted
> reran pkg_add -r openoffice
> same error.

248M     62M    166M    27%    /var

probably you don't have enough drive space on tmp, try linking
/tmp to /usr/tmp, you have 42 gigs free there. On your machine
try this

mkdir /usr/tmp
umount -f /tmp
rm -r /tmp
ln -sv /usr/tmp /tmp

then reboot

-Mike

>
> On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 16:58 -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> > On Sunday 06 November 2005 16:59, Dave Webster wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I'm trying to: pkg_add -r openoffice and I get the following:
> > >
> > > /var: write failed, filesystem is full
> > > mkdir: /var/db/pkg/ORBit-0.5.17_2: No space left on device
> > > pkg_add: can't record package infor '/var/db/pkg/ORBit-0.5.17_2',
> > > you're on your own!
> > >
> > > That last part is particularily chilling - if I'm on my own, I'm
> > > hooped!
> > >
> > > Here's the result of df -h:
> > >
> > > Filesystem     Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> > > /dev/ad0s1a    248M     93M    135M    41%    /
> > > devfs          1.0K    1.0K      0B   100%    /dev
> > > /dev/ad0s1e    248M    294K    228M     0%    /tmp
> > > /dev/ad0s1f     72G     25G     42G    37%    /usr
> > > /dev/ad0s1d    248M     62M    166M    27%    /var
> > > linprocfs      4.0K    4.0K      0B   100%    /usr/compat/linux/proc
> > >
> > > Any suggestions on what I should do?
> > > thanx in advance,
> > > Dave
> >
> > In /etc/rc.conf set:
> >
> > clear_tmp_enable="NO"
> >
> > to
> >
> > clear_tmp_enable="YES"
> >
> > then reboot.
> >
> > -Mike