I've tried building an OpenBSD release from the 3.7-stable branch a few times in the last few days, on two different i386 machines, and both stopped in the same place. I'm following release(8) closely and not trying to reuse /usr/obj, and dealing with new, clean, complete, consistent checkouts of the code. The failure comes on step 4, (make and validate the system release) during the "make release" command in /usr/src/etc.
Here's a log of the failure. It seems to be working on RAMDISKC: --- building standard compat library ranlib libcompat.a cc -Werror -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wno-uninitialized -Wno-format -Wno-main -fno-stack-protector -fno-builtin-printf -fno-builtin-log -Os -pipe -nostdinc -I. -I/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RAMDISKC/../../../../arch -I/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RAMDISKC/../../../.. -DSCSITERSE -DAPM_NOPRINT -DI386_CPU -DI486_CPU -DI586_CPU -DI686_CPU -DSMALL_KERNEL -DNO_PROPOLICE -DTIMEZONE="0" -DDST="0" -DFFS -DEXT2FS -DCD9660 -DMSDOSFS -DFIFO -DINET -DBOOT_CONFIG -DRAMDISK_HOOKS -DMINIROOTSIZE="0xed8" -DPCIVERBOSE -D_KERNEL -Di386 -c swapbsd.c sh /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RAMDISKC/../../../../conf/newvers.sh cc -Werror -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wno-uninitialized -Wno-format -Wno-main -fno-stack-protector -fno-builtin-printf -fno-builtin-log -Os -pipe -nostdinc -I. -I/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RAMDISKC/../../../../arch -I/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RAMDISKC/../../../.. -DSCSITERSE -DAPM_NOPRINT -DI386_CPU -DI486_CPU -DI586_CPU -DI686_CPU -DSMALL_KERNEL -DNO_PROPOLICE -DTIMEZONE="0" -DDST="0" -DFFS -DEXT2FS -DCD9660 -DMSDOSFS -DFIFO -DINET -DBOOT_CONFIG -DRAMDISK_HOOKS -DMINIROOTSIZE="0xed8" -DPCIVERBOSE -D_KERNEL -Di386 -c vers.c rm -f bsd ld -Ttext 0xD0100120 -e start -N -S -x -o bsd ${SYSTEM_OBJ} vers.o text data bss dec hex 1338427 1984260 281136 3603823 36fd6f cp /usr/src/distrib/i386/ramdiskC/../../../sys/arch/i386/compile/RAMDISKC/bsd bsd cc -DDEBUG -o rdsetroot /usr/src/distrib/i386/ramdiskC/../../common/elfrdsetroot.c cp bsd bsd.rd /usr/src/distrib/i386/ramdiskC/obj/rdsetroot bsd.rd < mr.fs segment 0 rd_root_size_off = 0x14c5c0 rd_root_image_off = 0x14c5e0 rd_root_size val: 0x001DB000 (3800 blocks) copying root image... ...copied 1945600 bytes cp bsd.rd bsd.strip strip bsd.strip strip -R .comment bsd.strip gzip -c9 bsd.strip > bsd.gz dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/tmp/image.19889 bs=10k count=144 144+0 records in 144+0 records out 1474560 bytes transferred in 0.031 secs (46081440 bytes/sec) vnconfig -v -c svnd0 /var/tmp/image.19889 disklabel -w -r svnd0 floppy3 newfs -m 0 -o space -i 524288 -c 80 /dev/rsvnd0a /dev/rsvnd0a: 2880 sectors in 80 cylinders of 2 tracks, 18 sectors 1.4MB in 1 cyl groups (80 c/g, 1.41MB/g, 32 i/g) super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at: 32, mount /dev/svnd0a /mnt cp /usr/tmp/usr/mdec/boot /usr/src/distrib/i386/ramdiskC/obj/boot strip /usr/src/distrib/i386/ramdiskC/obj/boot strip -R .comment /usr/src/distrib/i386/ramdiskC/obj/boot dd if=/usr/src/distrib/i386/ramdiskC/obj/boot of=/mnt/boot bs=512 75+1 records in 75+1 records out 38612 bytes transferred in 0.002 secs (17047241 bytes/sec) dd if=bsd.gz of=/mnt/bsd bs=512 /mnt: write failed, file system is full dd: /mnt/bsd: No space left on device 2720+1 records in 2720+0 records out 1392640 bytes transferred in 0.811 secs (1716327 bytes/sec) *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/distrib/i386/ramdiskC (line 30 of /usr/src/distrib/i386/ramdiskC/../common/Makefile.inc). *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/distrib/i386. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/distrib. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/etc (line 376 of Makefile). # df /mnt / Filesystem 512-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/svnd0a 2815 2805 10 100% /mnt /dev/wd0a 150652 72724 70396 51% / # ls -l /usr/obj/distrib/i386/ramdiskC/bsd.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root wsrc 1392775 Jul 11 01:30 /usr/obj/distrib/i386/ramdiskC/bsd.gz # ls -l /usr/obj/distrib/i386/ramdiskC/boot -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wsrc 38612 Jul 11 01:30 /usr/obj/distrib/i386/ramdiskC/boot # uname -a OpenBSD noc.hillconet.net 3.7 GENERIC#0 i386 (I was running the 3.7-stable GENERIC kernel both times I tried. The userland, etc. builds and installs, too, just can't make the release.) Here's a complete dmesg from one of the machines that it failed to build on: (the other is pretty similar, and I believe both failures were identical, though I didn't save the last log, because I figured I probably did something wrong): OpenBSD 3.7-stable (GENERIC) #0: Sun Jul 10 14:53:01 CDT 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Intel Celeron ("GenuineIntel" 686-class, 128KB L2 cache) 468 MHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXS R real mem = 199794688 (195112K) avail mem = 175558656 (171444K) using 2464 buffers containing 10092544 bytes (9856K) of memory mainbus0 (root) bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(78) BIOS, date 05/12/99, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfb170 apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 apm0: AC on, battery charge unknown pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0xb5f0 pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfddc0/96 (4 entries) pcibios0: PCI Exclusive IRQs: 9 10 11 pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:31:0 ("Intel 82371SB ISA" rev 0x00) pcibios0: PCI bus #1 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8000 0xc8000/0x2000! cpu0 at mainbus0 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82810-DC100" rev 0x02: rng active, 6Kb/sec vga1 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82810-DC100 Graphics" rev 0x02: aperture at 0xe0000000, size 0x4000000 wsdisplay0 at vga1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) ppb0 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801AA Hub-to-PCI" rev 0x01 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 sis0 at pci1 dev 2 function 0 "NS DP83815 10/100" rev 0x00: DP83815C, irq 9, add ress 00:a0:cc:74:6d:98 nsphyter0 at sis0 phy 0: DP83815 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801AA LPC" rev 0x01 pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801AA IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 w ired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <WDC WD102AA> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 9787MB, 20044080 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <ATAPI CD, ROM, 5.1a> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 uhci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801AA USB" rev 0x01: irq 10 usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered auich0 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 "Intel 82801AA AC97" rev 0x01: irq 9, ICH AC97 ac97: codec id 0x41445340 (Analog Devices AD1881) ac97: codec features headphone, Analog Devices Phat Stereo audio0 at auich0 "Intel 82801AA Modem" rev 0x01 at pci0 dev 31 function 6 not configured isa0 at ichpcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0 (mux 1 ignored for console): console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pmsi0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pmsi0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> sysbeep0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 lm0 at isa0 port 0x290/8: W83627HF npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16 pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0 (mux 1 ignored for console): console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pmsi0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pmsi0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> sysbeep0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 lm0 at isa0 port 0x290/8: W83627HF npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16 pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: density unknown biomask ed65 netmask ef65 ttymask ffe7 pctr: 686-class user-level performance counters enabled mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support dkcsum: wd0 matched BIOS disk 80 root on wd0a rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302 uid 0 on /mnt: file system full -- Adam Fabian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>