i386/61163: "/:write falied, filesystem is full" during boot from 5.1 installation CD

[Grigori Timonen]

>Number:         61163
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       "/:write falied, filesystem is full" during boot from 5.1 installation CD
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
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>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jan 09 23:40:10 PST 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Grigori Timonen
>Release:        5.1 release
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>Environment:
>Description:
I found description of my problem on http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2003-August/016075.html
Actually I have machine without any raid, 120Gb HDD. Yesterday I had 35Gb NTFS first partitition, 70Gb NTFS second partitition, 1Gb FAT, and about 8Gb empty space in the end. I start freebsd install, and see next:

Probing devices 
/:write falied, filesystem is full

Today I moved second partition to the end of HDD, so I have 35GB NTFS, 1Gb empty FAT, 8Gb Empty space, and 70gb NTFS in the end. All partitions are primary. Problem still present.

I took away all hardware like tv-tuners, USB devices, One of two RAM modules, tried to make new CD ( using iso image, md5 summ is correct), tried to replace CD-drive with another one.


My Hardware:

MB: Epox 8kha+, Via kt266a chipset.
CPU: Athlon XP 1600+
RAM: 256/512 DDR SDRAM
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7, 120Gb
Net: 3C905 3Com 100mbit network card.
Disp: Matrox Millenium G450 DualHead.
CD: CD-RW NEC 7800a
>How-To-Repeat:
Boot machine using installation CD.
>Fix:
      
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