filesystem full error

Dave Webster dwebman at telus.net
Mon Nov 7 07:29:23 GMT 2005


Tried the link  and commented out the line in /etc/fstab, rebooted but
still get the same problem.
On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 21:13 -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> On Sunday 06 November 2005 21:07, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> > 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
> 
> If its not too late, go into
> /etc/fstab and comment out the line that
> mounts /dev/ad0s1e to     /tmp
> before you reboot
> 
> sorry I forgot to mention that...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > > 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



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