FC10 install,3Gb not enough
Robert Moskowitz
rgm at htt-consult.com
Sun Jan 18 22:49:59 UTC 2009
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
>> OK. My first attempt to install F10 on my Asus Eee has failed with not
>> enough disk space. Does not supprise me, given all the crude of rpms
>> that has to be downloaded before expanded.
>>
>> However, I also have a 4Gb SD card installed. What directory to I map
>> to a partition on the SD card so that all the rpms go there?
>>
>>
> I would run "yum clean all", and then copy the directory structure
> to your SD card. Then mount the SD card partition at /var/cache/yum.
>
Thanks, but I can't work it QUITE that way, the install failed. So
there is nothing to clean. I need to map /var/cache/yum with Disk Druid
as part of the install.
>
>> Then after install and updates how do I set this back to just work off
>> the main drive?
>>
>>
> Run "yum clean all" again, and remove the SD card mount.
>
OK.
>
>> I have set up a 1Gb swap partition and a 2.8Gb ext3 partition for / on
>> the main SSD drive. Trying to keep the overhead to the lowest, not
>> using LVM...
>>
>> So where do all the rpms go? /var/<what>???
>>
>>
>>
> /var/cache/yum/<repo>/packages
>
> The yum clean all is probably not strictly necessary, but it should
> help avoid any stale information when switching between storage
> locations. It will also give you a bit more room on the main drive.
>
> Mikkel
>
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