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Subject: can't compile system on 1gb partition of 27.2 gb disk
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>Number:         13302
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       can't compile system on 1gb partition of 27.2 gb disk
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Aug 21 13:10:00 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:    Sun Aug 22 11:18:40 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:  Sun Aug 22 11:24:37 PDT 1999
>Originator:     james brown
>Release:        this happens on 2.2.8-stable and 3.2-stable
>Organization:
>Environment:
i386
>Description:
hi,

i set up a 1 gb partition on a 27.2 gb maxtor disk for freebsd
and left the rest for a data partition.  2.2.8 and 3.2 both
install via ftp just fine.  the problem comes when i cvsup to
stable and try to make buildworld, the build fails in random
places.  tried this six times, same thing every time.  using the
same procedure to build the system on a 4 gb disk works great,
just like all the other freebsd installs i've done.  this smells
like a bug.  thanks for listening.

james
>How-To-Repeat:
install 2.2.8 or 3.2 release on a 1 gb partition of a 27.2 gb disk.  cvsup to stable and then make buildworld.  the build will fail.

>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: hoek 
State-Changed-When: Sun Aug 22 11:18:40 PDT 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
If the build is failing in random places, then you may be looking at a 
hardware problem.  The vast majority of the possible bugs that can 
occur in FreeBSD (or any OS) due to large disks are deterministic and 
100% fatal (where 100% fatal means either a system crash or very nasty 
mysterious erros). 

Anyways, if it is a FreeBSD bug, we need more to go on than just  
"buildworld fails in random places".  I don't know offhand of anyone 
using 1gb partitions on 27.2gb disks for FreeBSD, but I don't believe 
that we should have problems on a 1gb partition. 

You can try sending some of your error messages.  Good luck. 
>Unformatted:
