What model 3390 are they? For a simplistic layout I get by with about 2GB (using the default installation but with many packages deselected - see point 1 below).
There are a couple of issues for later consideration: 1. I note that you are using the minimal installation but for future reference, the default SuSE install puts a whole lot of stuff on that you may not be interested in. For example, both gnome and kde. You may want to do the detailed package selection and get rid of one or both of these. This will reduce the disk usage significantly. 2. If you want to get more sophisticated, you can split the file system over the 4 devices (what model 3390 are they?). You can simply put / on one, /usr on another etc. or take the more complex option of partitioning the devices and using LVM to create one or more storage pools that are sized to better utilize the space (i.e. / doesn't need a whole 3380 whereas /usr may need a lot). You'll also want to use one partition as your swap device. Here's an example of one system I've setup this way: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/system/root 132M 92M 41M 70% / /dev/dasdb1 24M 6.3M 16M 29% /boot /dev/system/home 3.0G 1.9G 1.2G 63% /home /dev/system/opt 384M 287M 98M 75% /opt /dev/system/usr 2.5G 1.4G 1.1G 59% /usr /dev/system/var 96M 93M 4.0M 96% /var 0193(ECKD) at ( 94: 0) is dasda : active at blocksize: 4096, 358200 blocks, 1399 MB 0192(ECKD) at ( 94: 4) is dasdb : active at blocksize: 4096, 540000 blocks, 2109 MB 0200(ECKD) at ( 94: 8) is dasdc : active at blocksize: 4096, 900180 blocks, 3516 MB Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/dasda1 partition 525304 4008 42 /dev/system/root on / type reiserfs (rw) /dev/dasdb1 on /boot type ext2 (rw) /dev/system/home on /home type reiserfs (rw) /dev/system/opt on /opt type reiserfs (rw) /dev/system/usr on /usr type reiserfs (rw) /dev/system/var on /var type reiserfs (rw) lvscan -- ACTIVE "/dev/system/root" [132 MB] striped[3] lvscan -- ACTIVE "/dev/system/usr" [2.40 GB] striped[3] lvscan -- ACTIVE "/dev/system/var" [96 MB] lvscan -- ACTIVE "/dev/system/opt" [384 MB] lvscan -- ACTIVE "/dev/system/home" [3 GB] lvscan -- 5 logical volumes with 6 GB total in 1 volume group lvscan -- 5 active logical volumes pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/dasda2" of VG "system" [880 MB / 0 free] pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/dasdb2" of VG "system" [2.03 GB / 0 free] pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/dasdc1" of VG "system" [3.43 GB / 328 MB free] pvscan -- total: 3 [6.34 GB] / in use: 3 [6.34 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0] --- Volume group --- VG Name system VG Access read/write VG Status available/resizable VG # 0 MAX LV 256 Cur LV 5 Open LV 5 MAX LV Size 255.99 GB Max PV 256 Cur PV 3 Act PV 3 VG Size 6.32 GB PE Size 4 MB Total PE 1618 Alloc PE / Size 1536 / 6 GB Free PE / Size 82 / 328 MB -----Original Message----- Hi All, I am trying to install SUSE V8 on a Z900 Lpar. I have formatted and partitioned 4 3390 volumes for the installation. My problem is that when I start yast I get the following message under the Software heading: 'not enough disk space for even a minimal installation' *ERROR no proposal. I have searched the suse support database but could not find anything. It is almost like the dasd is not being seen even though when I do a cat /proc/dasd/devices and cat /proc/partitions I can see the dasd. Please help - I am new to the Linux world. Kind Regards, Meganen
