newbie: struggling with 6.2 install and partitions

From: tonj (nospam_at_no-spam-ever.org)
Date: 02/03/04

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    I've tried to install Red Hat linux 6.2 seven times on a Dell machine with
    30Gb hard drive and I just can't get it to install. I keep getting jammed at
    the set-up of disc partitions bit. Midway through the text-based install I
    come to something called Disk Druid. I've tried setting my partitions up so
    they look like thus:

    Partitions
    Mount Point Device Requested Actual Type
    / hda1 23M 39M Linux Native
    /home hda5 20000 20000 Linux Native
    <swap> hda6 70M 94M Linux Swap

    but when it comes to the formatting/file system bit I keep getting an error
    message says:
    '/ not enough drive space for packages....need extra 553M'

    So I try to go back and delete and rebuild the partitions to look like this:

    Partitions
    Mount Point Device Requested Actual Type
    / hda1 700M 700M Linux Native
    /home hda5 20000 20000 Linux Native
    <swap> hda6 70M 94M Linux Swap

    but I just get the same message.
    '/ not enough drive space for packages....need extra 553M'

    what am I doing wrong?
    and are there any good beginner level tutorials on the web that show a
    newbie how to setup the partitions? as in step by step easy....the only docs
    I've found were very difficult to understand.

    ps: b4 you tell me that 6.2 is old etc I know this, it's just that I have a
    beginners book based on 6.2 and I want to have the right version to follow
    it properly.
    Thanks for any help.

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