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From: David W. Hodgins on 24 Apr 2010 18:18 On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:17:21 -0400, The Derfer <derf109(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. http://docs.fedoraproject.org/installation-quick-start-guide/f12/en-US/html/Requirements.html 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 -- Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.)
From: David W. Hodgins on 24 Apr 2010 18:24 On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 18:18:02 -0400, David W. Hodgins <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org> wrote: > On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:17:21 -0400, The Derfer <derf109(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-US/html/Requirements.html > 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 -- Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.)
From: David W. Hodgins on 24 Apr 2010 22:14 On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:49:20 -0400, The Derfer <derf109(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. Regards, Dave Hodgins -- Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.)
From: David W. Hodgins on 24 Apr 2010 22:46 On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:20:26 -0400, The Derfer <derf109(a)gmail.com> wrote: > sda1 was /boot > sda2 was / Sorry, bad assumption on my part. sda2 was 7,727,104 KB, which is 7,546 MB or 7.4 GB. Whether or not that would be enough would depend on which packages were selected. With Mandriva 2010.1 beta, I have a minimal kde install, and am using about 6.5 GB. That doesn't include /home, which I have on a separate filesystem. It wouldn't take a lot of packages additional packages to go over 7.4 GB. My regular Mandriva 2010.0 install, uses about 14 GB, excluding /home and the non standard mount point where I keep iso images. I'm assuming the fedora installer has an option for custom selection of packages. If so, try unselecting some of the larger packages, such as open office. Any fedora users here know how much disk space is needed for a standard installation? Regards, Dave Hodgins -- Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email. (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.)
From: unruh on 25 Apr 2010 11:38
On 2010-04-25, David W. Hodgins <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org> wrote: > On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:20:26 -0400, The Derfer <derf109(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> sda1 was /boot >> sda2 was / > > Sorry, bad assumption on my part. > > sda2 was 7,727,104 KB, which is 7,546 MB or 7.4 GB. Well, he has about 1GB in /boot, which is far too much. He should amalgamate his two partitions into one, so there is just a single / partition, which would be about 8.5GB. That should be file (My Mandriva 2010 uses about 7500000KB after a few months ( log files, etc.) > > Whether or not that would be enough would depend on which packages > were selected. > > With Mandriva 2010.1 beta, I have a minimal kde install, and am > using about 6.5 GB. That doesn't include /home, which I have on > a separate filesystem. It wouldn't take a lot of packages additional > packages to go over 7.4 GB. > > My regular Mandriva 2010.0 install, uses about 14 GB, excluding /home > and the non standard mount point where I keep iso images. > > I'm assuming the fedora installer has an option for custom selection > of packages. If so, try unselecting some of the larger packages, > such as open office. > > Any fedora users here know how much disk space is needed for a > standard installation? > > Regards, Dave Hodgins > |