/mnt/var: write failed, filesystem is full (EEEpc)

[agottem]

Hello -

I'm trying to install FreeBSD 8 onto an EeePC 901. I selected a normal developer install with ports. I setup the following partitions before committing the install:

swap -- 256MB

/ -- 512MB
/var -- 256MB
/usr -- 2.5GB
/usr/home -- 8GB

I'm installing from the memstick image, using a USB key.

After the install has been in progress for ~5 minutes, I see the error:

/mnt/var: write failed, filesystem is full

along with the messagebox popup:

Add of package en-freebsd-doc-20090912 aborded, error code 1 - Please check the debug screen for more info

Any ideas on what might cause this?

Thanks,
Andrew

 

[agottem]

Nevermind, I solved the problem by increasing the /var partition size to 384MB and reducing the /usr partition size.

The recommendations here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/install-steps.html could maybe be a little more clear on the hazards of choosing a /var partition size of 256MB

 

[fronclynne]

Actually, for something as small as that (i386 too, right?) I would do entirely without a separate /var, link /var/log to /home/log (Or /usr/home/log, in your case), an mfs /tmp (or tmpfs(5) /tmp, if you're not afraid).

I'm not sure why your /var filled up, since even on my system here (been using it for over a year) it only consumes 73M (& 4495 inodes). Perhaps because you didn't define a /tmp? sysinstall does some weird stuff, I know, but that seems kinda extreme.

 

[jb_fvwm2]

check /var/account for files with suffixes
greater than zero. (acct.2 etc) and you
can remove them freeing up space.