Thank you all for taking the time to answer my questions. I will download the alternate installer and perhaps It will be more comfortable.
Joseph On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Gavin McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Jayson Rowe wrote: > > > I do not think it would be remotely possible to fit even a basic Ubuntu > > Server install on a 500MB root partition - I could see maybe a small > > 50MB-200-MB /boot partition but that's too small for / in this day and > age > > IMHO > > Of course it would be possible -- presuming you made separate partitions > for way /usr and /var which it sounds like he probably intended doing. > > Even ignoring that though, 19GB would be an outrageous minimum size for a > root partition. It's not like this is vista. A bug in the install CD > (which should ideally be reported on launchpad.net) sounds like the best > explanation to me. > > As someone else said, "advanced" installation, for people who have > specific > requirements, are best done with the -alternate- CD which will give you > the > "hole hawg" experience you crave (including LVM and software RAID if you > so > desire). In fairness to the developers, this apparent bug aside, the live > CD installer is created to have relatively few choices with newbies in > mind > and I think that's a laudable goal. > > Gavin > > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > -- Joseph Patrick Ryan The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it. Wilfred A. Peterson
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