On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 08:22:29PM -0400, Forrest Aldrich wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I'm new to NetBSD, and decided to try this out on a spare machine this eve.
> 
> The installation failed at the beginning, and I'd like to try and figure 
> out why and how to get it working.
> 
> The machine:  Compaq AP200, 2 x 10gb IDE drives, 256mb RAM
> 
> The errors: when I get to BSD-disklabel (a b c i k), I get this error 
> and it segfaults:
> 
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 
> uid 0 comm sysinst on /: file system full
> 
> /: write failed, file system is full
> Segmentation Fault
> #
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 
> To be sure, I went in with FDISK and deleted the prior partitions 
> (Linux) but didn't format.  Still shouldn't make a difference here.
> 
> Anyone know if I've hit a known bug or ?

You don't say which version of NetBSD you are trying to install.
But the 'file system full' happens because there isn't enough room
in the install ramdisk root filesystem for a core dump of sysinst.

There are some issues in 1.6.1, 1.6.2 doesn't have any (known to me)
problems, but you'd find sysinst a much better experience if you
find (or build) a current or 2.0 RC1 snapshot.

	David

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David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk