thanks kent. i've tried what you suggested, to use apt-get alone.
apparently, dselect isn't the culprit, and neither is apt-get. in fact, with "nothing" running, disk space seems to decrease equally fast. i originally suspected some obscure logging, and killed klogd, but that wasn't it too. is there anyway to find out which process is writing to disc? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 12:04 AM Subject: Re: help needed: install failure due to massive disk use > Stormjumper wrote: > > > 1. went to www.debian.org -> debian_on_cd -> net_install, > > downloaded network install minimal cd from > > http://markybobdeb.sourceforge.net/elf/ > > > > 2. wrote the iso image to cd, booted it up, > > and ran thru the base install successfully, > > and rebooted. > > > > 3. after the reboot, dselect ran automatically, > > allowing me to add the usual packages. i did, > > and downloading commenced. > > > > 4. HOWEVER, downloading failed midway, > > complaining of insufficient disc space. > > i allocated around 2.5gb for /, > > and the package selected were the default, > > and was 90+ mb only, or 100+ mb when installed. > > > > 5. so i retried steps 1-3, doing another install. > > > > 6. this time, at stage 3, i used ALT-F2, > > logged in to another console, and manually > > monitored disk usage using "du -h". > > to my surprise, disk space was being used > > much faster than data, approx 1mb / min. > > Weird. I don't have an answer, but you might try stopping dselect from > running at step 3, then running > apt-get update > apt-get upgrade > and see what happens. > > Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
