[PC-BSD Testing] 7.1 Beta Disk Overflow unreported on install
Kris Moore
kris at pcbsd.com
Fri Mar 20 06:04:59 PST 2009
Ken Dickey wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I recently installed 7.0.2 to try out FreeBSD and after checking it out
> downloaded the 7.1 Beta DVD.
>
> After the upgrade, which included additional software, I rebooted to the point
> of bringing up the X server. At that point, the system looped flashing the
> display and re-attempting to start the X server.
>
> Upon a fresh install of 7.1 Beta to another partition I discovered that "df -
> h" reported 102% used, -135MB free on my original (upgrade) partition.
>
> I noted no disk full indication during the install.
>
> Upon clearing the original partition and installing 7.1 Beta afresh, the
> system came up fine. [I have as yet not gotten anti-aliased text up yet, but
> otherwise packages and fonts install OK].
>
> Thanks for all the good work, BTW!!
>
> Cheers,
> -KenD Ken [dot] Dickey [at] whidbey [dot] com
Thanks for the heads up! I'll recheck to confirm that the size checks
are working again, our switchover to a different localbase probably has
it checking the wrong spot now :P
--
Kris
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