misc/151919: root (/) size is too small by default

kenorb kenorb at gmail.com
Wed Nov 3 15:50:09 UTC 2010


>Number:         151919
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       root (/) size is too small by default
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 03 15:50:09 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     kenorb
>Release:        8.1-STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD kenorb 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #0: Tue Oct 19 15:28:55 BST 2010     root at kenorb:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BRO  amd64

>Description:
When choosing default configuration, FreeBSD installer choosing 500M by default for root (/).
By default kernel has option to compile debug symbols.
After downloading fresh kernel, compile and install it, you are out of space.

Code:
/: write failed, filesystem is full
install: /boot/kernel/x86bios.ko.symbols: No space left on device
* Error code 71
Code:
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/ad0s1a ufs 496M 490M -34M 107% /
devfs devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev
/dev/ad0s1e ufs 496M 18K 456M 0% /tmp
/dev/ad0s1f ufs 15G 3.1G 10G 23% /usr
/dev/ad0s1d ufs 1.9G 127M 1.6G 7% /var

>How-To-Repeat:
1. Install system on default partition configuration.
2. Download kernel.
3. Compile and install it.
>Fix:
Fix problem in sysinstall, by increasing default size of root.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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