On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 11:11, shrek-m@xxxxxx wrote: > >>>I have a fairly new RH9 install (which has run fine for about 4 weeks) > >>>[...]I'm getting an error when it attempts to transfer the install image to > >>>the hard drive. States "that you are probably out of disk space". > >>> > >>> > > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/ > > Hard Disk Space (NOTE: Additional space will be required for user data): > "Custom Installation (Everything): 5.3GB" > > >>>System as a swap partition of 1Gb, monolithic 10Gb / partition with > >>>4Gb free space, and a 200Mb /boot partition with 195Mb free. > >>>[...] > >>>both graphical and text install dies about 75% though copy of install > >>>image. > >>> > > indeed, every time i got this error i *was* "out of disk-space" > > afair you need a little bit more than the required disk-space *while* > installation/update In my case, I have 1Gb for /boot and 36 GB free on / That should be plenty > > remove some packages eg. KDE or Gnome, Development, ... and try it again > # redhat-config-packages > # rpm -qa | less > # rpm -qa *devel* > # rpm -e package_name > > >>The same has happened to me. I also tried the update from Fedora core > >>0.95 and go the same result. [blablabla] > >> > >It has been made clear many times that upgrades from beta test versions > >to final realease are NOT supported. In this case, if your 0.95 had > >been up2date as of the day before release, it probably would have > >upgraded OK, not guaranteed. > > > >Upgrades from RHL9 were thoroughly tested during the testing cycle. > >That doesn't mean there won't be problems for some installations. You > >do no one a favor by stating "I guess the Fedora team was not > >interested in making sure the upgrade option was working. This is an > >obvious thing that one should test." > > > >Good luck getting a "reasonable response" with that kind of rhetoric. > > -- Ernest L. Williams Jr. <ernesto@xxxxxxxx>
