Re: N00b question: "netbsd write failed, file system is full"

[Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost>]

On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 12:16:03AM +0100, Oliver Dietzel wrote:
> Hi, i am new to NetBSD and have a "netbsd  write failed, file system
> is full" prob. :)
> 
> I tried to install xfce4 (pkg_add) on a fresh netbsd-bpi allwinner arm
> image and ran into a disk full error. Now i try to figure out where
> the disk space has gone, but i have no idea...
> 
> Any hint on where it could have gone appreciated! How do i find out on netbsd?

I think you found it:

> allwinner# df -mh
> Filesystem         Size       Used      Avail %Cap Mounted on
> /dev/ld0a          1.6G       1.6G       -80M 105% /


> 1.5G    ./usr
...
> 607M    ./pkg

Packages end up here in /usr/pkg. 1.6G is a tad small for a desktop
system, e.g.,

http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/meta-pkgs/xfce4/README.html

lists all the packages that you end up installing as part of xfce4...


Cheers,

Patrick