On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 04:52:57AM -0700, Michael Lewis wrote:
> When I run: rpm -ivh XFree86-xfs-3.3.3.1-49.i386.rpm I get an error:
> installing package XFree86-xfs-3.3.3.1-49.i386.rpm needs 514K on the
> filesystem.
Ah - NOW we're talking! Well, that error message is pretty plain: Your
filesystem is full! My guess: During the crash, many temporary files got
created for some odd reasons, filling your file system. Quite possibly
that's the reason why the startup after the crash failed in the first
place. Before you can go any further, you'll need to clean out that
cruft. You can confirm this by running "df" (stands for "disk free") -
it'll display how much space is left on your partitions. Whatever
partition your /usr is on will most likely have almost nothing left.
Good places to look at are /tmp and /var/tmp. My guess is that
there are either very large files in there or many, many small ones,
quite possibly with similar names. Also, look for files named "core" -
typically, they're also very big.
As for deleting: In /tmp and /var/tmp, almost anything can go I would
guess, especially, if it's dated yesterday or older.
After you've freed up space, try installing again and go through the
steps we discussed earlier (xfs start, ntsysv). That should get you
closer to a working system again.
HTH,
Thomas
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