So who is eating the spaces? Many some disk-analyzing tools are needed here.
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Mikhail Maksimov <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, list. > >> I suspect the number could be lowered to around 900000000 for a 1.8GB size >> check, but I have not tested that yet. > > No it can not. Tests done on alpha3 show that the system requires at least > 2000 MB ("decimal" M) just to install with almost no free space left. Too > bad Lubuntu is no longer lightweight in terms of disk footprint. > > Regards, > Mikhail > > PS I know that the original letter is two weeks old :) > > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Jonathan Marsden <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> My workaround works! >> >> Replying to myself: >> >> On 05/01/2011 12:29 AM, Jonathan Marsden wrote: >> >> > There is a file within the Lubuntu 11.04 ISO called >> > casper/filesystem.size but it seems to be unchanged since 2010-09-06 and >> > I don't yet know what if anything actually uses it :) >> >> Based on Julien's very handy pointer to the commit that broke this for >> us, I just edited the file casper/filesystem.size in the Lubuntu 11.04 >> ISO image to say >> >> 1370000000 >> >> (a round-ish number about half the value that was previously in the >> file, plus 50MB as a safety margin!) and then updated the md5sum.txt >> file to reflect that edit, and created myself a modified ISO image from >> the result. >> >> That's a pretty trivial change, but, unlike the official 11.04 image, it >> installs and runs fine in a 3GB virtual disk, at least in my initial >> testing here (under VirtualBox 4.0.6). >> >> So, we seem to have a code-free workaround :) I suspect the number >> could be lowered to around 900000000 for a 1.8GB size check, but I have >> not tested that yet. >> >> I can make this "hacked" ISO available for download, but it is a bit >> 'dubious' at this point from a support point of view, since it does not >> 'say' anywhere in its menus etc. that I modified it! I need it to refer >> to itself as 11.04.jm1 or something, so it is clearly not the official >> Lubuntu 11.04 version, if there is going to be much use of it. >> >> If anyone has an urgent need for this ISO image, let me know. It is now >> 1am here, and I have to go to work tomorrow (today!!) so I don't have >> time to create the ".jm1" identified image right now... I need some sleep >> :) >> >> Jonathan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
