Disk space issue during install.

[Jon Goodridge]

Rick,

	I am trying to install a linux partition.  On the first attempt the 
partition was already a linux partition that was created by Mandrake's 
partition tool. I just used Disk Druid to format the partition to 
delete the old junk there. Later I used Disk Druid to delete, create, 
format and set the partition's mount point as the root.  Same results.  
Another reason I am sure that the install program thinks it is a Linux 
partition is that install copies some install files to the partition.  
When I reboot in Mandrake and look at the partition, I find the 
partition as it should be, a 4GB linux partition with 20KB of used 
space.

	For someone reason the install is just getting confused about the 
partition size.   Or is it me ?

\JonG

On Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at 12:49  PM, Rick Stevens wrote:

> Jon Goodridge wrote:
>> I am trying to install RH9 and install keeps saying that I don't have 
>> enough disk space.   I brought my install options down to just over 
>> 1GB on a 4GB root partition and install would actually try to install 
>> and then fail saying the disk was full.  I have deleted, recreated 
>> and formatted the partition.   I still get the same result.   Surely 
>> 4GB is enough space for a root install.  I have put Mandrake Linux 
>> root on a ~1GB partition before and I have Mandrake 10 another 4GB 
>> partition running just fine. I must be missing something.
>
> Yes, if the 4GB partition for Red Hat actually exists and is NOT set
> currently as a linux partition (type 83), delete it and restart the
> install.
>
> Anaconda (the installer program) will try to reuse partitions set as
> type 83 (linux) and 82 (linux swap).  If it can't find any, it tries to
> use unassigned space to create a type 83 partition in.  In your case, 
> it
> is actually complaining that it can't find any free space on your 
> drive,
> which is true if you really have partitions set up that occupy the 
> whole
> disk and none are type 83.  If you delete the RH9 partition, anaconda
> will see the free 4GB and create a type 83 partition in it.
>
> Yes, it's a misleading error message.
>
>> Additional Info:
>> Since my bootable IDE CD-ROM drive is failing, I am booting from a 
>> floppy and installing from the RH9 CDs on the USB CD-ROM drive.
>> System info:
>>     Compaq 300MHz Celeron
>>     256MB memory
>>     8GB drive single partition for WindowsXP
>>     13GB drive 4 partitions
>>         - 4GB for Red Hat 9
>>         - 500MB swap partition
>>         - 4GB for Mandrake 10.0
>>         - 4.5GB for a shared /home for both Linux
>>     Failing IDE CD-ROM drive
>>     Working USB CD-ROM drive
>> Txs,
>> \JonG
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