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Appendix F - Insufficient Disk Space in the Root Directory Prevents the Server from Booting

Out of disk space on hard disk device 1, drive 0

After loading third-party drivers while running VINES 6.x
After upgrading to VINES 6.x
After upgrading to VINES 7.0
After doing a full installation of the VINES 7.0 software without creating a large root file system

Recovery

UNIX Access

The server's System Maintenance menu must have 12 options.
You must have an established StreetTalk user name and password.
You must be on the server's AdminList.
You must know the UNIX access password for the server. The UNIX access password is the password you chose while installing the server to give yourself access to the UNIX system software.

Rebooting a Server That Has Insufficient Root Space

Note: You must have UNIX access and know the UNIX access password to perform this recovery procedure. See the Banyan UNIX Access Guide for more information about UNIX access, or contact your support representative. You may have to upgrade the VINES software to enable UNIX access and set a new access password.

To Reboot the Server After the Disk Error

1. Press CTRL-ALT-DELETE.

After displaying several other messages, the monitor displays the following copyright messages:

Copyright (c) 1995 Banyan Systems Inc.
Copyright (c) 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 AT&T
Copyright (c) 1987, 1988 Microsoft Corp.

All Rights Reserved

followed by:

Disk drive 0
---> Revision: vines_server_revision

2. Press CTRL-C when the message ---> Revision:vines_server_revision appears. You have three seconds to press CTRL-C and interrupt the boot process.

The system prompts you for your UNIX password:

root password:

3. Enter your UNIX access password.

The following message appears, followed by the UNIX prompt:

Error initializing audit trail logging.
#

4. Enter df -v at the UNIX prompt.

The following table appears:

Mount Dir Filesystem blocks used free %used
/ adsys 12000 11448 552 100%
/disk1 /dev/adusr 12000 11448 552 100%

Note: Your server may have more volumes listed below /disk1 in the table, as well as different values for the numerical data.

Reducing the Size of the Kernel

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