system: dec alpha pws 500au / 1gig RAM / 20 gig SCSI HD
os: netbsd 1.4.2 / default install kernel
action: untar-ing source sets

1. tar -xzvf gnusrc.tgz -C / (this went fine)
2. tar -xzvf pkgsrc.tgz -C / (got error below)

here is a strange error i got:
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/: create/symlink failed, no inodes free
tar: Could not create directory pkgsrc/www/navigator3 : No such file or 
director
y
pkgsrc/www/navigator3/CVS/

/: create/symlink failed, no inodes free
tar: Could not create directory pkgsrc/www/navigator3/CVS : No such file or 
dire
ctory
pkgsrc/www/navigator3/CVS/Root

/: create/symlink failed, no inodes free
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how come the system's default settings don't have enough inodes to handle a 
simple operation like that? or is something else i should be looking into?