Paderick Lundy napisał(a): > I have used Unix since 1986 and I have installed many, many copies of > Unix/Linux over the past years but this Unbuntu installation has me stumped, > perhaps someone can point me to some information that explains my problem. > > First I downloaded the newest version Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition. When > I try to partition the hard drives in my box (SATA 320GB and SATA 74GB) I > get a screen that tells me the root partition that I had tried to format to > a size of 500MB must be at least 19 GB. I ran linux/Unix root partitions of > 50 MB for years, what gives that I need 19 GB? > > Next I created a partition of 3 GB on the second HD for swap and the > software gave me another error message that this was not permissible. > > I guess my real question is; has the Linux community gotten to the point > where a user cannot or does not have the freedom to configure their own > equipment the way they please or is this version going in the direction of > Mickey$oft and making all of the decisions for the user? > > This post is not meant to be a flame, I have been away from Linux for > awhile, have a spare machine and decided to see what's new in Linux. I need > some reorientation and I would appreciate a link that will explain the > design philosophy behind this version of Linux since it's popularity would > appear that it is the Leading version of Linux. > > Thank you, > > As far as I read here (http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/techspecs) You need 1GB of hard disk. So I guess that 19 GB is some kind of error. Maybe You should try use something like gparted (http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php), and after making partitions run ubuntu installer.
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