Subject: 793.5MB root partition enough?
From: Reid Anderson (resander@cs.hamilton.edu)
Date: Sun Feb 13 2000 - 16:18:56 MST
I did use the "No Video Driver" option. If I don't I get a "Out of
operating range" error from my monitor, it doesn't even get into Linux! I
am repartitioning at the moment. I have a 4Gig HD and 878148 K Free Space
(857.566MB). If I use a 64MB swap partition I am left with 793.566MB for
the root Partition, I only plan to have a swap and a root, no need for the
user or home partitions. Is 793.566MB enough to install most of the
options? I plan to install the apache web server, the ftp server, the email
server, the games, emacs, the prog language stuff (C++, Java), the KDE
interface, and I would like to be able to connect to my computer from
elsewhere on the campus network. What installation packages should I drop
in order to fit into 793.5MB? Is there anything in particualr that takes up
a lot of space that I don't need? Thanks for the help!
Reid
>What model mac are you using? Have you tried "No Video Driver" in the
>BootX program, then running Xconfigurator?
>
>> I just went through the install process of YDL on my Mac G3/330. I got all
>> the way through to the "Configuring X Windows" step where I recieved a
>> confiuration error. I tried the "Retry" option as well as the "Previous"
>> option to try again, then I tried going through the "Menu" All steps were
>> complete except the "Create Bootdisk" and "Continue installation". The
>> only option that did anything was the "Exit installation" option. I tried
>> booting into Linux and it worked yielding just command lines. I was able to
>> login in as root and browse around the top level directory (I haven't
>> created anything below that!) All the components seemed to be there except
>> the GUI interface! I would kind of like to have the GUI so I don't have to
>> work in a Unix command line all the time! I don't know if it has something
>> to do with my Video card in my mac (pre-installed) since it was just after
>> it was recognized that I got the error. The other possibility is that I
>> simply ran out of space on that partition. I will try removing my Linux
>> partitions an starting from scratch... Any hints or suggestions on the
>> error would be nice... Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>
>Regards,
>Dan
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