Subject: Re: /instfs: file system full
To: Peter J Jones <pjones@pmade.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/25/2001 10:02:15
What NetBSD version are you trying - it doesn't sound like you
have got far enough for it to start using your disk.
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On Thu, 24 May 2001, Peter J Jones wrote:
> Hi all. I just got a IPC from a friend. Please forgive me but this
> hardware is new to me as is NetBSD. I am a long time *nix geek so
> I hope that can make up for my ignorance.
>
> I can get past the first boot disk, which looks like a kernel is
> running. It finds the 100MB SCSI disk and the 24MB of memory.
>
> After I get the second disk going I start getting errors about
> /instfs being full. tar gives up after a while.
>
> Does this have to do with the 24MB of memory? I am not sure where
> to get more, I have never seen memory like this. Also, can I go
> and get any SCSI disk for this thing?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
>