can't get a full fbsd 7.2 amd64 install

Randi Harper randi at freebsd.org
Sun Dec 13 04:32:31 UTC 2009


I could be mistaken, but that sounds like an awfully big /var and
/usr. Are you sure this is a vanilla install that no one has touched?

-- randi



On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Len Conrad <LConrad at go2france.com> wrote:
> At 11:50 AM 12/10/2009, you wrote:
>>fbsd 7.2
>>amd64
>>"kernel developer" install
>>
>>Here's a successful install du
>>
>>du -d1 -h /
>>2.0K    /.snap
>>2.0K    /dev
>>1.8G    /usr
>>1.6G    /var
>>1.7M    /etc
>>2.0K    /cdrom
>>2.0K    /dist
>>1.1M    /bin
>>206M    /boot
>>6.7M    /lib
>>396K    /libexec
>>2.0K    /media
>>2.0K    /mnt
>>2.0K    /proc
>>4.0M    /rescue
>> 42K    /root
>>4.3M    /sbin
>> 24K    /tmp
>>3.6G    /  <<<<<<<<<<<<<
>>
>>here's what we're getting on another machine, way too little:
>>
>>du -h -d1 /
>>2.0K    /.snap
>>2.0K    /dev
>>1.1G    /usr
>>238K    /var
>>1.7M    /etc
>>2.0K    /cdrom
>>2.0K    /dist
>>1.1M    /bin
>>411M    /boot
>>6.7M    /lib
>>396K    /libexec
>>2.0K    /media
>>2.0K    /mnt
>>2.0K    /proc
>>4.0M    /rescue
>> 10K    /root
>>4.3M    /sbin
>> 12K    /tmp
>>1.5G    /     <<<<<<<<<<<<<
>>
>>and /usr is also missing 800 MB just after install.
>>
>>using 7.2 amd64 disc01, as forever.
>>
>>I ran sysinstall, post install config, and checked stuff, but still didn't get, eg, anything in /usr/bin/
>>
>>comments?
>>
>>Could my client have chosen the wrong .iso?
>
> the amd64 .iso is verified as disc01 and we have the same partial install failure, with no install errors, on two machines, Dell 1850, with amd64 and i386.
>
> any ideas?
>
> Len
>
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