Re: newbie: struggling with 6.2 install and partitions
From: Robert M. Riches Jr. (spamtrap42_at_verizon.net)
Date: 02/03/04
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Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 05:03:01 GMT
In article <1075765187.13223.0@lotis.uk.clara.net>, tonj wrote:
> 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.
You likely need at least 1-2GB for a reasonable
installation. I'd suggest trying 2GB for /. If that
doesn't work, try 3GB.
How much RAM do you have? Swap space of 94MB isn't doing to
do much good if you do start paging.
Good luck.
Robert Riches
spamtrap42@verizon.net
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)
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