FC10 install,3Gb not enough

[Robert Moskowitz]

Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>> 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?

It took 2.7Gb for the install. I did not install openoffice, and have 
since erased evolution. I have 832Mb left on my SSD drive. Nothing to 
speak of in the /var/cache on the SD card.

Oh, fun.

>>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>> Well I gave /var/cache/yum 2Gb and did not include Open Office in the 
>> install, and still ran out of disk space. This time I will give it 
>> the whole 3.8Gb on the SD card, but I wonder if it is really using 
>> the SD card. I think I will try and mount it first on another system 
>> and see what is there.....
>
> The headers are there, but no rpms. And I can't remove the hard drive 
> to see what is on it.
>
>
> I am moving my swap to my SD card for this install attempt.
>
> And I am going to have to get a larger SD card. Would be nice to get a 
> larger SSD drive, but I found out that the drive is soldered in on 
> this unit. Also pretty much forget about switching the memory out, you 
> have to disassemble this unit to change the memory.
>>
>>>>> 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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