filesystem full error

Hi, I'm trying to: pkg_add -r openoffice and I get the following: /var: write failed, filesystem is full mkdir: /var/db/pkg/ORBit-0.5.17_2: No space left on device pkg_add: can't record package infor '/var/db/pkg/ORBit-0.5.17_2', you're on your own! That last part is particularily chilling - if

Re: filesystem full error

-06 at 17:06 -0800, Glenn Dawson wrote: At 04:59 PM 11/6/2005, Dave Webster wrote: Hi, I'm trying to: pkg_add -r openoffice and I get the following: /var: write failed, filesystem is full mkdir: /var/db/pkg/ORBit-0.5.17_2: No space left on device pkg_add: can't record package infor '/var/db

Re: filesystem full error

Thanks for the response, I edited the /etc/rc.conf with the clear_tmp_enable=YES rebooted reran pkg_add -r openoffice same error. On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 16:58 -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote: On Sunday 06 November 2005 16:59, Dave Webster wrote: Hi, I'm trying to: pkg_add -r openoffice and I

Re: filesystem full error

Tried the link and commented out the line in /etc/fstab, rebooted but still get the same problem. On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 21:13 -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote: On Sunday 06 November 2005 21:07, Michael C. Shultz wrote: On Sunday 06 November 2005 20:57, Dave Webster wrote: Thanks

adding a second hard drive

To solve a problem I'm having with /var running out of space, I decided to add a second hard drive. I found info at freebsd.org on adding disks using sysinstall and followed the advice. The old disk is a Maxtor 6Y080L0 80G as ad0 and the new disk is a Maxtor 6Y120P0 as ad3. I ran sysinstall,

Re: adding a second hard drive

at 08:27 -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Dave Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: To solve a problem I'm having with /var running out of space, I decided to add a second hard drive. I found info at freebsd.org on adding disks using sysinstall and followed the advice. The old disk is a Maxtor

HP 4M plus network printer question

I have a FBSD server/ router connected to a switch box off which is another FBSD computer and an HP4M plus printer (JetDirect nic). Using the Handbook LPD Simple Printer setup, I'm able to print from the server using commands: lptest 20 5 | lpr -PHP4M and lpr -Plpps file.ps So far so good. When

Re: HP 4M plus network printer question

: On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Dave Webster wrote: I have a FBSD server/ router connected to a switch box off which is another FBSD computer and an HP4M plus printer (JetDirect nic). Using the Handbook LPD Simple Printer setup, I'm able to print from the server using commands: lptest 20 5 | lpr -PHP4M

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bc.hsia.telus.net nameserver 154.11.128.187 nameserver 154.11.128.59 nameserver 64.114.195.135 nameserver 64.114.195.136 What should this section look like when I'm finished? Any help would be greatly appreciated. regards, Dave Webster ---End Message

can't run /sbin commands

When I first installed FreeBSD I was able to run halt and reboot as su without the full /sbin/reboot command. After adding a new path to PATH, I've been unable to run these commands without specifying the full path. Recently I tried to install acroread 7.0 and the installation complained I

Re: can't run /sbin commands

and everything works fine. Acroread7 installed fine. I'm a happy camper. Thanks for your help. Dave PS. Is there some good reference to explain shell variables and environment variables, how they're set and their lifetime. On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 10:10 +0100, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: Dave Webster wrote: When