new install: how can i not have enough space?

[David]

On 4/14/2009 4:53 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> argh!  i just started a new install on my laptop, so i could divvy
> things up into numerous logical volumes.  i selected a pile of software,
> only to be told that my selected packages require 4698 MB of space and i
> don't have that much available.

> excuse me?  i have separate LVs for /, /home, /usr, /var, /tmp and /opt,
> with the *smallest* of those being 5G (/usr is 16G, /home is 50G, all
> the rest are 5G).  how exactly do i not have enough space with 16G for
> /usr?


Perhaps the computer user rule of Pebcak Robert?   ;-)


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  David