What does the output of 'df' (disk free) give?
	Its possible that your /usr partition (note /usr note /user),
	might not be mounted correctly, which would cause everything
	to be written to the root partition, quickly filling it.

		David/absolute

             -=-  Sue me, screw me, walk right through me  -=-

On Wed, 27 May 1998, Brad Ulreich wrote:

> I can guess what this means:
> 
> -r-xr-xr-x     3/7         40960 Sat Mar 14 06:41 1998 ./usr/bin/lookbib
> -r-xr-xr-x     3/7           164 Sat Mar 14 06:40 1998 ./usr/bin/neqn
> -r-xr-xr-x     3/7           888 Sat Mar 14 06:40 1998 ./usr/bin/nroff
> -r-xr-xr-x     3/7         16384 Sat Mar 14 06:42 1998 ./usr/bin/pfbtops
> -r-xr-xr-x     3/7        188416 Sat Mar 14 06:40 1998 ./usr/bin/pic
> -r-xr-xr-x     3/7         16384 Sat Mar 14 06:42 1998 ./usr/bin/psbb
> -r-xr-xr-x     3/7            45 Sat Mar 14 06:40 1998 ./usr/bin/psroff
> -r-xr-xr-x     3/7        114688 Sat Mar 14 06:41 1998 ./usr/bin/refer
> -r-xr-xr-x     3/7         16384 Sat Mar 14 06:09 1998 ./usr/bin/soelim
> -r-xr-xr-x     3/7         98304 Sat Mar 14 06:40 1998 ./usr/bin/tbl
> -r-xr-xr-x     3/7         32768 Sat Mar 14 06:41 1998
> ./usr/bin/tfmtodit
> -r-xr-xr-x     3/7        262144 Sat Mar 14 06:40 1998 ./usr/bin/troff
> uid 0 on /: file system full
> 
> /: write failed, file system is full
> -r-xr-xr-x     3/7          3918 Sat Mar 14 06:11 1998 ./usr/bin/vgrind
> -r-xr-xr-x     3/7         24576 Sat Mar 14 06:11 1998
> ./usr/libexec/vfontedpr
> uid 0 on /: file system full
> 
> but what I don't understand is, why? I followed the FAQ-O-MATIC and
> created an 80mb root, a 40mb swap, and a 220mb user. All was going quite
> well, until I tried to install the text.tgz. It wasn't installing into
> the root partition, so the root partition isn't the problem; it was
> installing into 'user'. Can 'user' be full?? 220mbs???
> 
> Brad
>