On 4/29/19 6:09 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> While trying to PXE install a 6.5 machine I was hit with this failure:
> 
>  Installing bsd          100% |**************************| 15163 KB    00:00  
>   
>  Installing bsd.mp       100% |**************************| 15248 KB    00:00  
>   
>  Installing bsd.rd       100% |**************************|  9984 KB    00:00  
>   
>  Installing base65.tgz    99% |************************* |   189 MB    00:00 
> ETAtar: Unable to remove directory ./var/tmp: Device busy
>  Installing base65.tgz   100% |**************************|   190 MB    00:14  
>   
>  Installation of base65.tgz failed. Continue anyway? [no] no
> 
> which I suspect is related to this:
> 
>  /               1G
>  swap            4G-16G 10%
>  /tmp            2G
>  /usr            4G
>  /usr/local      2-6G 10%
>  /var            10-20G 20%
>  /var/tmp        10-20G 15%
>  /var/log        20-40G 30%
>  /u              1G-*

yeah.

> I've never run into this until today, when I tried to carve out an explicit
> /var/tmp.  Autopartitioning be able to handle /var/tmp, no?

normally, /var/tmp is a symlink to /tmp.
It can't make the link.  No surprise.
Answer "Yes" to the "Continue anyway?" prompt, and all will be fine, I
believe.

Nick.

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