-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Don't forget /lib, /opt, /tmp, /root, and /boot too!
You also have the damger of accidentally writing to a non-mounted directory and getting some garbage in /mnt. I know for /boot alone, I often use 35MB just for different situations (openmosix kernel, acpi kernel, stock kernel, upgraded kernel, cooker kernel, etc) | forgot /bin and /sbin :-) think that will reach your 94 meg limit very | quick and break all kind of things. | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Rob Halff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 7:25 AM | Subject: Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 9.0 RC3 installation adventure part 2 | | | |>Are u sure 94 meg for / is enough !? |>this means the contains of /etc /lib have to be smaller then 94 meg. |> |>I think you should be a little more generous with your space overthere. |> |>greetings, |> |>Rob |> |>----- Original Message ----- |>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |>Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 4:38 AM |>Subject: [Cooker] Mandrake 9.0 RC3 installation adventure part 2 |> |> |> |>>Same system as my last message: |>>My system is a home-built EPOX 8KHA/1.4 Athlon/768 Meg ram/100gig |> | WD1000BB | |>>My partition table looks like this: |>>94 meg / |>>94 meg (future) |>>94 meg (future) |>>94 meg (future) |>>200 meg /boot |>>380 meg /swap |>>Remaining is LVM |>>LVM: |>>4 gig /usr |>>4 gig /var |>>4 gig /home |>> |>> |>>Preface: Since my previous installs didn't work, I decided to try a new |>>tack. I installed a fresh 8.2 installation, working from the first CD |>>alone. I then tried an Upgrade, and ended up with another 5 installs |>> |>>(0. - I have a usbmouse and using an auto config floppy, doesn't |> | configure | |>>the mouse properly again. Even in 8.2. This seems to be reproducible, |>>unlike everything else) |>> |>>The first three were tried with the "Expert/Upgrade" option. |>>1. - Hung during the find partitions step on /dev/hdb6. So I reboot |>>2. - This time it makes it past all the partitions, and I select the |>>/dev/hda1 partition to upgrade. As it is reading the RPMs from the 8.2 |>>install, I get this message on the console tty. |>>"rpmdb: damaged header instace #202 retrieval, skipping" |>>It doesn't really skip it, it just loops over and over again. Reboot |>>again. |>>3. - Makes it farther. Kernel panic on checking /usr partition (in the |>>LVM) |>> |>>The Fourth install was "expert/upgrade packages" option |>>4. - This time it upgrades, and I finish the installation. I reboot. |> | Then | |>>the fun begins. |>>a. during startup init.d/usb gives a message about "expr not found". |>>b. X doesn't start, and it starts up at a console a la Runlevel 3 |>>c. I try "startx" to manually bring up X. No luck. |>>"libglx.a" is unresolved. |>>d. That is in XFree86-server, and I try a verify that works, but the |> | file | |>>is definetly not there. |>>e. I remove XFree86 and XFree86-server, and then reinstall them. |>>f. my usb mouse is not activated, which makes X not so much fun. I try |> | a | |>>reboot, still nothing. |>>g. I bring up X and use mousedrake. I'm able to select the wheel |> | mouse, | |>>and restart X. Now the mouse works again. |>>h. I notice that rpmdrake and MandrakeUpdate don't work because URPM.so |>>is having a problem loading librpm-4.0.4 (that's close to the name, I |>>didn't write it down. oops). I figure out that the upgrade didn't |> | update | |>>rpm. |>>i. I try to manually install rpm. It has a long list of dependencies, |>>but I get them all and the install starts. |>>j. Bad. Not all of the rpms fail, but enough do: rpm, |> | libstdc++5-devel, | |>>kernelheaders, libbinutils2, binutils, gcc, gcc-c++. These complain |> | that | |>>there are "MD5 sun mismatch" with cpio. |>>k. not rpm doesn't even recognize -qilp as an option. Ugh. It's |> | hosed. | |>>Now I can't do anything. |>>l. In exasperation, I shutdown. The shutdown fails during umount. |>>m. I hit the reset button. |>> |>>Overall, I'm really glad I decided to not mess with my existing year old |>>8.2 installation. |>> |>>Scott Carlson |>> |>>PS. I don't subscribe to the list. No time at this point. :( |>> I am willing to try and answer questions if I can help |> |> |> |> |> |> | | | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAj2OxacACgkQUMkt1ZRwL1OYfACeKW7gDRp4Zr/zslx5BNsc6XKp Ps4AoI88pJEgRNA+4ZM66FRrStTz5SAk =0wC/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
