https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements
The recommended requirements for ubuntu list 8GB of hard disk space for a reason... downloading things is space-hungry. It lists 4GB as a minimum... this means a bare-bones minimum to get a running system. This does not include breathing-room space for installing software, at least I don't suspect it does. You can clean downloaded packages out with the 'Computer Janitor' function under "System > Administration > Computer Janitor" or from a terminal with "sudo apt-get clean" and remove unneeded packages with "sudo apt-get autoremove" You can boot ubuntu into a "Recovery Mode" by choosing the "Recovery Mode" boot option from GRUB (hit Esc while booting) Synaptic/apt already warn you when you don't have enough disk space to download/install programs. This should have been a support request in launchpad or on the ubuntu forums/mailing list, not a bug report. You would not have had to reinstall your OS just because you filled up the tiny amount of space you had on your hard drive. People would have been able to help you out with your issue. -- Hard Drive Full means Reinstall Ubuntu !?!?! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/375344 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
