Misc 15 — How do I free disk space for an update installation?
Some users have experienced problems recovering ample disk space after an update installation has aborted due to insufficient space. The following is an example of a typical problem encountered during an update: 1) The update installation exits and indicates that additional space is needed in a particular file system (root, /usr, and/or /var) to perform the update. 3) The user initiates another update attempt. 4) The update installation aborts again because of lack of space, even though the user believes that the space requested during the first attempt has been recovered. There may be several reasons for this problem: Some users are not following the proper method for removing system files to recover disk space, as described below. A bug has been identified in the update installation disk space calculation for AdvFS file systems. See “AdvFS Disk Space Calculation Bug” below. Deletion of small files from an AdvFS file system may not immediately free additional space. See “Additional Ad
