Tim wrote: >> In this day and age you think 2.9GB is "a lot"? > > Actually, it is quite a lot. 200 GB drives aren't the norm, not yet. Funny. Here in Taiwan when you go out to get a system the standard desktop has 150GB. The standard laptop is either 60 or 80. And I really wonder how much of that space people actually use. >> And, why does it require repartitioning? > > Wild guess: The prior installation used one small partition (boot) and > one large partition (LVM). > > These days, I do my own, normal, ext3 partitioning. I have a "spare" > one that stays between installs for such things. Another option is post > installation, you make your install space holding the ISO the /tmp > partition. Maybe I think ahead to much. >> They're making 4GB USB disks for less than USD 40 for crying out >> loud...unless you live in Australia I suppose. > > :-) I don't think I've actually seen one larger than 2 gigs, here, yet. The largest here is 16GB. -- You can't run away forever, But there's nothing wrong with getting a good head start. -- Jim Steinman, "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"
