Subject: Re: Problem with 1.4 install floppy and panic in union filesystem
To: John F. Woods <jfw@jfwhome.funhouse.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/10/1999 12:56:51
"John F. Woods" <jfw@jfwhome.funhouse.com> writes:
> > Did you check if sysinst coredumped ? the / filesystem can be full because
> > sysinst crashed and dumped a core in the ram disk.
> 
> Perhaps the shipped install root should have an immutable 0-length
> /sysinst.core file?  That would, at least, prevent filling up the ramdisk.

Sysinst should be rewritten not to dump core.

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