On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 01:52:04AM -0000, toddpw@netbsd.org wrote:
> 
> >Synopsis:       i386/1.6.2 sysinst overflows '/' if "progress meter" is selected

> 	Apparently sysinst has a new feature to show a progress meter when
> 	extracting files, but this requires more space in /tmp or something.
> >How-To-Repeat:
> 	Burn an ISO of i386/1.6.2. Install a machine with a full distribution.
> 	When it asks you if you want to see filenames as they are extracted,
> 	choose the new "progress meter" option. Later on (for me it was around
> 	the time of setting the root password) you will see
> 		/: write failed, disk is full
> 	and sysinst will flop around uselessly.
> >Fix:
> 	Simple workaround would be to increase the size of the install kernel
> 	ramdisk filesystem, or reduce the inodes on it.

I'd hazard a guess that the 'file system full' message is actually
being output because sysinst is trying to core dump.

The 'progress meter' stuff is almost certainly a red herring, and just
perterbs whatever is causing the problem.

I actually thought we'd fixed all the obvious core dumps in sysinst for 1.6.2,
2.0 should be a lot better anyway...

	David

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David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk