Re: device packages?!?

In article <1137622804.325113.111740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, cc <christiancolborn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> get this... .now, i cant even copy the files to the machine because
> it says:
> not enough room on device
>
> WTF?!?!?!?!
> its a BRAND NEW MACHINE!!!!!!!!!
> i CANT COPY ANYTHING to /tmp... /var.... /usr.... NOTHING!!!!
> not enough space on filesystem????
> the filesystem needs to be increased!?!?!?!
> WTF?!?!?!?!?!
> there are 2 x 78GB HD's in there!!!!!
>
> i HATE AIX!!!!!!
> i mean REALLY...is AIX too FUCKING STUPID to use the whole disk when it
> installs itself?!?!?

You can grow filesystems as needed. It's cake, and doesn't interrupt
anything. No reboots or stopping anything.

At install time, AIX takes only what it needs by default so that you can
easily create new filesystems or grow existing ones -- whatever you
want.

That flexibility is VERY good to have, long-term, trust me on this. :)

> so... let me guess... now i get to REINSTALL AIX ?!?!?
> god DAMMMMIT... i'll be here all NIIIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of my favorite authors was Douglas Adams. Very tongue-in-cheek kind
of guy and pretty funny, too. He did the Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy books.

I'm reminded of a popular phrase from of one of these books:

Don't Panic

:-)

That applies here, too.

Now, this is *not* a problem at all, normally.

First, take a deep breath. Take a short break; grab something to drink
-- coffee, tea, soda, water. Then come back here.

On that AIX machine, get the output of:

# df -k

and...

# lsvg rootvg | grep FREE

Post both. I just need to make sure you have enough free PPs in the
volume group.

Then we can make a filesystem for /usr/sys/inst.images (the AIX default
location for packages) like Hajo suggested.

It's better to create that as a separate filesystem instead of making a
single, large, monster /usr filesystem because before AIX 5.3, you
couldn't shrink any filesystems when you needed to get some space back
in the future.

I can walk you through the steps of creating a filesystem, but want to
triple check some stuff first. So I'll wait for the info you'll post.

Also, how many MB total for the files that you want to upload?

Douglas Adams was a smart dude. Don't Panic. :-)

-Dan

You will need to keep in mind that this is a strange, new OS, with its
own learning curve. In time, you *CAN* master it, but will need practice
and patience.

If I might suggest something? Perhaps look at it as an adventure in a
strange new foreign land instead of a series of roadblocks. It's more
fun that way, and you get to keep your sanity.
.