reinstallation FC4 problem

[Jeff Vian]

On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 22:53 -0400, Chris Ruprecht wrote:
> I can not say for sure, but I assume that the Windows partition is still
> present on your drive and it has about no space for anything else.
> 
> run the installer again and select 'manual partitioning' andhave a look
> what you have on there. Delete them all and create a ~128 MB /boot and a
> 2 x your physical but at least 1 GB swap partition and use the rest for
> the / (root) partition, since you only have 12 GB available.
> 
> Best regards,
> Chris
> 

1. Please do not top post.  It is hard to follow the text you are
replying to when you do that.

2.  I agree mostly with your recommendations.  

However, 
	a. 100MB is adequate for the /boot partition.
	b. the swap partition usually does not need to be 2 X physical memory
and has not needed that for several years.  My machine, running a LOT of
services including httpd, mysql, postgresql, samba, and many others with
512MB memory has not _ever_ hit swap in over 200 days of uptime.  I do
keep a 512MB swap partition, but it has been mostly for the "in case"
need and not that it has ever been actually needed.

Note that the need for swap depends on the services running and activity
level of the machine and YMMV, but for most home users I do not
recommend more than 512MB swap for a start.  Allowing 1GB of swap is
fine if the space is available to waste, but in most cases not needed.
> 
> On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 09:05 +0800, sadashiv.chopdekar at ubs.com wrote:
> > hi Chris,
> > Thanks. But when I tried to re-install FC4, any idea why it 
> > is giving space problem? I am giving him entire hard-disk 
> > for the installation.
> > 
> > Thanks n regards
> > Sadashiv.
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Ruprecht [mailto:chris at ruprecht.org]
> > Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 8:42 AM
> > To: Chopdekar, Sadashiv
> > Subject: Re: reinstallation FC4 problem
> > 
> > 
> > Start from a DOS disk (or Win98 CD in DOS mode).
> > run 
> > fdisk /mbr
> > This will do something and exit (no fdisk menu will come up!).
> > 
> > reboot and you're fine - then from your description, looks like you have
> > to re-install something (FC4 or Windows) as you seem to have no OS at
> > all.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Chris
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 08:26 +0800, sadashiv.chopdekar at ubs.com wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I had FC4 installed and running smoothly. Yesterday I ran up2date to update my system. It downloaded number of packages and while upgrading gnome, it failed and error out. I was not given any option and the system went down. When I started my machine, it started all the services but was not able to start GNOME panel. Taking this as an opportunity to install Windows, I install windows by formatting entire disk. Installation went well but when I booted, my system it displayed me "GRUB". nothing happens after that.
> > > Then I re-install FC4 giving him entire hard disk. It formats and while transferring image to hard disk it fails saying "hard disk ran out of space".
> > > If I re-boot, it stays at "GRUB"
> > > I have Dell inspiron 3800 with 12GB hard disk. I had windows 98 but moved to FC4 recently.
> > > 
> > > Help.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks n regards
> > > Sadashiv.
> > > 
> > > 
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