Subject: Re: sysinst bug and errors
To: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
From: Bob Nestor <rnestor@augustmail.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 09/03/2002 20:17:14
On Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 07:33 PM, Frederick Bruckman wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Bob Nestor wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 08:18 AM, Frederick Bruckman wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Takeo Kuwata wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I think you shouldn't use any kernel configured with "options FPSP" 
>>>>> on
>>>>> non-68040 Macs.
>>>>
>>>> I think, this is not responsible for the error, which we are talking.
>>>>
>>>> Because the error,
>>>>
>>>> uid 0 comm newfs on /:file system full
>>>> /: write failed, file system is full
>>>>
>>>> was also seen in 68030-Macs with no FPU.
>>>> As Inanaga wrote,
>>>>
>>>> LCIII+ (030/33MHz, no FPU) newfs -> error
>>>> LCIII+ (030/33MHz, + FPU) newfs -> OK
>>
>> I've been able to confirm what the problem is here and it doesn't look
>> good.  It is in fact related to the absence of the FPU.  I pulled mine
>> out and tried doing an installation with the 1.6F distribution and got
>> the error.  With the FPU installed the installation works fine.
>>
>> A quick check of the m68k directory doesn't turn up and recent updates,
>> so this may be caused by a compiler error.
>
> What happens if you build a kernel without FPSP (with or without FPU)?

I just kicked off a build to test this.  I'll post new Installation 
kernels tomorrow (baring errors) for anyone who wants to test them.

-bob