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From: cforger@cyberstream.com (Chris Forgeron)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Disk full errors
Date: 10 Oct 1995 20:10:10 GMT
Organization: CyberStream
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In article <Pine.BSD/.3.91.951002105600.15500C-100000@server.esva.net>, 
thom@esva.net says...
>
>On Fri, 29 Sep 1995, David Pisoni wrote:
>
>> Disk usage:
>> /dev/sd0e      3220914  2431678   467144    84%    /usr/var/spool/news
>> /dev/sd1a      1388078   164578  1154096    12%    /usr/local/news
>> 
>> Seems like lots of space....
>> 
>> but then later in the report:
>> 
>> sort: No space left on device
>
>How much space is left on the root?  It could be running out of space in 
>/tmp.

 It sounds like you are running out of space in /tmp. On most BSDI setups 
(which I assume you are running) the /tmp is a mff (ramdisk) setup that 
is way too small for the massive megabytes of info that makehistory 
needs.
 
 When you run your makehistory, make sure to include "-T /usr/tmp" which 
specified makehistory (and sort) to use the specified temp directory, not 
your /tmp. Just don't forget to create /usr/tmp before you try this. :-)