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- From: msc@orac.holonet.net (Matthew S. Cronk)
- Subject: Re: EMERGENCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 13:51:33 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov12.195735.7872@ncsu.edu> jmmannin@eos.ncsu.edu
- (JAMES MCCOTTER MANNING) writes:
- >
- >PLEASE HELP!
- >I can't boot off of rootvg, and when I booted off of floppy
- >and tried to getrootfs, I get the error that /dev/hd4 needs
- >64k of free space, and that I should delete files until I have
- >that much free, but without root mounted, I don't know how to get
- >to /dev/hd4 (/usr) to delete anything.
- The root filesystem (/) should be on /dev/hd4, and the /usr filesystem
- should be /dev/hd2. That is the way the system is installed. If you
- have changed your system, then the following suggestions may not help.
-
- At the point where you see the message that you need to free some space,
- the root filesystem (/dev/hd4) should be mounted over /mnt of the RAM
- filesystem. Type "mount" to verify this. Assuming that /dev/hd4 is
- mounted over /mnt, simply cd to /mnt and rm any files that you are certain
- you can live without, such as /smit.script, /smit.log, .sh_history, etc.
- Use the "df" command to see if you have freed enough space. When you
- have 64k free in the root filesystem, type exit, and the getrootfs script
- should continue with mounting your other filesyetems. Then you can
- rebuild your boot image. You MUST specify the correct hdisk when
- invoking the "bosboot" command!
-
- matt
-
- disclaimer: These comments are not to be considered representative of any
- advice that my employer or employer's clients may provide. I am not
- responsible for loss resulting from these comments. (covering my butt)
-