Not enough disk space error

[Robin Laing]

duncan brown wrote:
> Ben Levin said:
> 
>>I'm trying to install FC2 on a Dell Inspiron 4000
>>laptop with a 10gb hard drive.  The anaconda installer
>>runs fine, I can select the installation type,
>>packages, etc, but every time the installer starts and
>>the partitions are formatted, I get an error saying
>>that there was a problem copying the installation
>>image to the hard drive, and that it may be out of
>>space.
>>I'm trying to install on a totally clean hard drive,
>>since I wiped out what was on there before.  Any
>>suggestions on how to get FC2 to install? Thanks.
>>-Ben
> 
> 
> ben,
>  i have the same exact laptop.  rh9 gave me the same errors when
> installing even with nothing on the drive, i swapped it with another
> drive and everything worked fine.  i also had the 10gb drive (now 40gb)
> 
> though this may be the wrong direction to send you.  have you tried going
> into rescue mode from the first cd, using fdisk to completely blank out
> the drive of partitions you don't need and then going into the installer
> and letting it create the partitions?
> 
> also, you have to remember that fc2 is alot larger than fc1 or rh9, a full
> install is well over 6 gb, a default install is over 2 gb.  ensure your /
> dir is large enough.
> 
> -d
> 
> +( duncan brown : duncanbrown at linuxadvocate.net )+
> +(  linux "just works" : www.linuxadvocate.net  )+
> 

How many partitions and what sizes?

Didn't I read someplace that the installer requires at least enough 
spare space to cover the iso image for the files to be installed?

How about doing a basic install and then adding packages after?


-- 
Robin Laing