On Sun, Feb 27, 2000 at 07:39:27AM -0800, Hoang Tran wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just tried this snapshot and ran into the same problem
> with the snapshot from 20000223 where base.tgz couldn't
> extract properly.
> 
> ./var/tmp
> /: write failed, file system is full

That's a big hint. When you chose the size for your / partition,
you made it too small to fit the files you're extracting.

Remember that any directory you don't make a separate mount point for
will end up as part of /.

If this is a personal machine, and you're just learning Unix, it's quite
safe to make / the size of your entire disk, minus swap space. Later you
can plan the space for partitions on new installs you do, once you have
a sense of how much space is needed.

-- 
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there might find a microwave oven controlled by a Unix system an attractive
idea, controlling a microwave oven is easily accomplished with the smallest
of microcontrollers. - Russ Hersch - (Microcontroller primer and FAQ)