Hello, By default it mounts with half of RAM. It should be 4 GB in your case. If you want to change the size, maybe you can try the following link.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-live/2012/04/msg00251.html Cheers, Chien-hsun On 2/1/13, b galka <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to create a debian live build iso using the lb config and lb > build scripts on a running debian squeeze desktop_xfce amd_64 live system. > When I ran the lb build script, it failed saying something to effect of it > couldn’t write the squashed file system because the destination was out of > space. I had invoked the script in the /home directory on the live system > so I thought I would have enough space on the RAM disk to create the iso. > After all, the desktop_xfce amd_64 iso is about ~900M in size and I was > adding only a small config file of a few kilobytes to a vanilla > “xfce_desktop” config. I assumed most of the 8G of RAM in my laptop would > be available for the ram disk and thought this would be sufficient. What do > you think I did wrong? Was /home the wrong location to invoke the lb config > and lb build scripts? How can I tell how much ram disk space is available > for a given directory for iso construction? Where does the lb build > script put all the stuff it downloads and builds by default? > > Additional information- The hardware is a HP elitebook 8540w with 8G of > Ram. The live system, a vanilla debian squeeze xfce desktop amd_64, was > booted from a DVD. There is no useable hard drive in this system because > the installed hard drive, other than a very small boot partition, is > encrypted by my employer and I am not going to mess with it. > > Thanks in advance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAK-iXgUtw2H8_Wa5HCmBUYwK0vwATRhxUs++D=gbLGXV=he...@mail.gmail.com
