Hi all.
I am still trying to install on a Powerbook 150 with a 4.3 Gb IDE drive.
My last try has been with 20020825-1.6F snapshot.

I keep getting the same error whenever I try to newfs the disk:
uid 0 comm newfs on /:file system full
/: write failed, file system is full
(See my prior mail called "sysinst error: uid 0 comm newfs on /:file 
system full" for more info)

As Frederik suggested, I have added wd0b as swap (256 Mb), with the 
same result, so that must not be the problem, I guess.

Incidentally, I noted a bug in sysinst: In the Edit Disk Partition 
Map screen the columns title "size" and "start" are swapped, which 
can lead to errors. (Is this list the right place to report this bug?)

Regards: Gerardo Alvarez.


>On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Gerardo Alvarez Le=F3n wrote:
>
>>  Warning: 727 sector(s) in last cylinder unallocated
>>  /dev/rwd0a:	6053888 sectors in 6407 cylinders of 15 tracks, 63 sectors
>  > uid 0 comm newfs on /:file system full
>>
>  > /: write failed, file system is full
>>
>>  Command
>>	/sbin/newfs /dev/rwd0a failed. I can=B4t continue.
>>
>>  I exit and do a df and this is what it shows:
>>  Filesystem	512-blocks	Used	Avail	Capacity	Mounted on
>>  /dev/md0a	      3967	3106	  861	     78%	/
>>  kernfs	                 2	   2	    0	    100%	/kern
>>
>>  I am downloading snapshot 1.6F to try it but I am afraid it will give
>>  the same error...
>>  Any hint or workaround?
>>  Which file system is full? Or is it a "fake" error?
>
>The error's actually from the kernel, not from "newfs". It's telling
>you why it killed your task in mid-stream.
>
>The ramdisk may be out of inodes, even with blocks available, or
>it may have actually run out of space while executing "newfs", even
>though it's back when you look, after "newfs" has died".
>
>The best solution is probably to bump the size of the ramdisk.
>
>Here's a crazy idea: Assuming the partitions have already been made,
>escape to the shell and try adding swap before making the file system
>manually. Something like
>
>1) Type "x" to exit sysinstall,
>
>2)
>	disklabel wd0
>	# (review the partitions for correctness)
>	swapctl -a /dev/wd0b
>	newfs /dev/rwd0a
>
>3) Type Control-D to restart "sysinstall".
>
>
>Frederick