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From: The Derfer on 24 Apr 2010 17:17
On Mar 12, 6:24 pm, "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodg...(a)nomail.afraid.org>
wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:49:57 -0500, The Derfer <derf...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks but none of those suggestions help.
> > I'm already using the custom partition layout.
> > It always comes up with that same error.
> > As before, a SCSI disk on an Adaptec controller with an
> > IDE CDROM connected to the onboard IDE controller.
> > What could be wrong with that?
>
> Can you post the output of "fdisk -l"?
>
> Regards, Dave Hodgins


fdisk -l yields:

/dev/sda: 9105 MB, 9105018880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectrors/track, 1106 cylinders
Units=cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
disk identifier: 0x000b1319
Device Boot Start End Blocks
Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 14 107520
83 Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/sda2 14 976 7727104
83 Linux
Partition 2 does not end of cylinder boundary
/dev/sda3 976 1106 1048576 82
Linux swap/Solaris




/dev/sda1 *
From: unruh on 24 Apr 2010 17:29
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On 2010-04-24, The Derfer <derf109(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 12, 6:24?pm, "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodg...(a)nomail.afraid.org>
> wrote:
>> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:49:57 -0500, The Derfer <derf...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Thanks but none of those suggestions help.
>> > I'm already using the custom partition layout.
>> > It always comes up with that same error.
>> > As before, a SCSI disk on an Adaptec controller with an
>> > IDE CDROM connected to the onboard IDE controller.
>> > What could be wrong with that?
>>
>> Can you post the output of "fdisk -l"?
>>
>> Regards, Dave Hodgins
>
>
> fdisk -l yields:
>
> /dev/sda: 9105 MB, 9105018880 bytes

That is pretty small these days.

> 255 heads, 63 sectrors/track, 1106 cylinders
> Units=cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> disk identifier: 0x000b1319
> Device Boot Start End Blocks
> Id System
> /dev/sda1 * 1 14 107520 83 Linux

That is really tiny. What are you trying to put in there? Ie how are
your partitions mounted? 1G is definitely too small if it includes /usr,
and even too small if it does not.

> Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary
> /dev/sda2 14 976 7727104 83 Linux

How is /dev/sda2 mounted? If it is not /usr, or / then you are screwed.
A modern distro needs 6GB min to install in / including /usr, /var,....

What does /etc/fstab say?


> Partition 2 does not end of cylinder boundary
> /dev/sda3 976 1106 1048576 82
> Linux swap/Solaris
>
>
>
>
> /dev/sda1 *
From: The Derfer on 24 Apr 2010 21:49
On Apr 24, 6:24 pm, "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodg...(a)nomail.afraid.org>
wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 18:18:02 -0400, David W. Hodgins <dwhodg...(a)nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:17:21 -0400, The Derfer <derf...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> fdisk -l yields:
> >> /dev/sda: 9105 MB, 9105018880 bytes
> >> 255 heads, 63 sectrors/track, 1106 cylinders
> >> Units=cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> >> disk identifier: 0x000b1319
> >> Device      Boot             Start             End      Blocks
> >> Id    System
> >> /dev/sda1   *                     1                14     107520
> >> 83    Linux
>
> > So sda1 is 53,760KiB, which is 52.5 Mib.
>
> >> Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary
> >> /dev/sda2                       14               976    7727104
> >> 83   Linux
>
> > And sda2 is 3,863,552KiB, which is 3,773 Mib, or 3.68 Gib.
>
> >> Partition 2 does not end of cylinder boundary
> >> /dev/sda3                     976             1106   1048576     82
> >> Linux swap/Solaris
>
> > sda3, is 524,288 KiB, which is 512 Mib.
>
> > Out of the 9105 MB available, only 4,337.5 has been allocated.
> > My guess is that during custom partitioning, the value for sda1
> > was specified in the wrong units, resulting in a much too small
> > partition.
>
> Arrgh.  Sorry, I'm used to using sfdisk -l -uS, which shows sectors,
> instead of 1KB blocks.  All of the allocated spaces are twice what
> I posted above, but the point that sda1 is far too small for / still
> applies.
>
> >http://docs.fedoraproject.org/installation-quick-start-guide/f12/en-U...
> > specifies a minimum of 10GB, which you are slightly short of.
>
> > I'd try the install again, specifying 8 GB for / (that's 8192 MB,
> > or 8,388,608 KB), then the 512 MB swap, with the rest for /home,
> > and see if that will be enough.  I'm used to Mandriva, which
> > allows custom package selection.  Assuming Fedora has a similar
> > feature, you many need to use that to exclude some of the larger
> > packages, such as open office.
>
> Regards, Dave Hodgins
>


I got this same problem on disks that were well in excess
of 100 GB.

From: The Derfer on 24 Apr 2010 22:20
On Apr 24, 10:14 pm, "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodg...(a)nomail.afraid.org>
wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:49:20 -0400, The Derfer <derf...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > I got this same problem on disks that were well in excess
> > of 100 GB.
>
> How much space is being allocated for the / filesystem?
>
> With everything except swap and /home on the / filesystem, I usually
> setup around 15 GB for a full install, and increase that if I'll
> be storing dvd iso images there.  25 GB gives me room for a copy
> of the install iso, so I don't have to insert the dvd when installing
> packages, plus room in /tmp for creating new iso images.
>
> In the fdisk output, sda1, which I'm guessing is being used for the
> / filesystem, it only had 107520 KB, or 105 MB.  No where near
> enough space.


sda1 was /boot
sda2 was /
sda3 was swap

From: unruh on 24 Apr 2010 23:21
On 2010-04-25, The Derfer <derf109(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 24, 10:14?pm, "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodg...(a)nomail.afraid.org>
> wrote:
>> On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:49:20 -0400, The Derfer <derf...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I got this same problem on disks that were well in excess
>> > of 100 GB.
>>
>> How much space is being allocated for the / filesystem?
>>
>> With everything except swap and /home on the / filesystem, I usually
>> setup around 15 GB for a full install, and increase that if I'll
>> be storing dvd iso images there. ?25 GB gives me room for a copy
>> of the install iso, so I don't have to insert the dvd when installing
>> packages, plus room in /tmp for creating new iso images.
>>
>> In the fdisk output, sda1, which I'm guessing is being used for the
>> / filesystem, it only had 107520 KB, or 105 MB. ?No where near
>> enough space.
>
>
> sda1 was /boot
> sda2 was /
> sda3 was swap

Why did you have a separate /boot? It is really unnecessary.
/ should have had enough room at 7GB.

>
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