/var/run space

Solaris 10 on a T1000
Why can't I load this kernel patch? I seem to have lots of space.
#patchadd 120011-14
Unable to install patch. Not enough space in /var/run to copy overlay objects.
154MB needed, 65MB available.
root# df -h
Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 11G 7.1G 3.3G 69% /
/devices 0K 0K 0K 0% /devices
ctfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/contract
proc 0K 0K 0K 0% /proc
mnttab 0K 0K 0K 0% /etc/mnttab
swap 8.1G 1.2M 8.1G 1% /etc/svc/volatile
objfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/object
/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-T1000/lib/libc_psr/libc_psr_hwcap1.so.1
11G 7.1G 3.3G 69% /platform/sun4v/lib/libc_psr.so.1
/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-T1000/lib/sparcv9/libc_psr/libc_psr_hwcap1.so.1
11G 7.1G 3.3G 69% /platform/sun4v/lib/sparcv9/libc_psr.so.1
fd 0K 0K 0K 0% /dev/fd
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s5 5.8G 3.0G 2.7G 53% /var
swap 8.1G 72K 8.1G 1% /tmp
swap 8.1G 48K 8.1G 1% /var/run

Whenever you install a patch, check the readme for the patch. Use that to determine whether or not to bring the system to single-user mode for patch install.

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[edit]
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[edit]
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@Doehni
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