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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!eru.mt.luth.se!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!not-for-mail From: rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: /var disk full with /stand/sysinstall? Date: 13 Aug 1996 00:05:48 -0700 Organization: fidgety systems administrators gmbh Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4up9gc$f5@bofh.noc.best.net> References: <jl-1308960857010001@kuva1.pc.apu.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: bofh.noc.best.net In article <jl-1308960857010001@kuva1.pc.apu.fi>, Jukka Leino <jl@bug.fi> wrote: >I have installed the 2.2-960801-SNAP. >When I tryed to install package xemacs with /stand/sysinstall I got >error message /var disk full when about half of package had come. >I have partitioned my disk with auto feature and my /var is 30MB. >And when I quit /stand/sysinstall it clears /var and then theres >about 29MB free space. >What is going wrong? >I use ppp and ftp thru firewall with /stand/sysinstall. 30MB is not enough space for the emacs or xemacs packages. You need to create a larger /var partition. 40MB should do it, i believe. rone -- Ron Echeverri Best Internet News Administration rone@best.net