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From: ganter@carson.u.washington.edu (Mark Ganter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: [NetBSD] /: write failed, file system is full
Date: 1 Jun 1993 18:43:29 GMT
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ganter@carson.u.washington.edu (Mark Ganter) writes:
>I'm running NetBSD on a 486dx/33 with 340MB and 20MB Ram. I'm
>compiling a big program and I get the following message:
>/: write failed, file system is full
>I believe that my root directory is getting full. The /tmp
>directory is part of my root directory. My root partition is about
>8 MB with about 2.2 MB free. So I renamed /tmp /tmp2. Mkdir /usr/tmp
>then ln -s /usr/tmp /tmp to set a linked directory on the other
>partition i.e. usr. ...
Thanks to all who replied! The summary for everyones information:
1.) Yes, gcc does write to /var/tmp so...
I renamed /var/tmp to /var/tmp2 then
linked /var/tmp to /usr/tmp and everythings just fine...
2.) If your installing NetBSD, you might consider making your root
partition ALITTLE bit bigger than I did try 15 plus MB. Making
it 8 MB (as suggested in the install doc) leaves only 2.2 MB free
which is TOO TIGHT for development.
Again Thanks to all who responded. :) ....Mark