John Levon wrote: > Jan asked me to start a discussion on this bug: > > http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=7544 > 12Gb minimum disk requirement is too restrictive > > I think I've made my point well enough in the report, so I'll just > repeat myself :) > > This is a problem in virtualized scenarios, where 12Gb is actually > rather larger than usual (a typical virtual disk image would be 4Gb, but > much lower values are sometimes used). It also seems a little > heavyweight for USB, though perhaps that case isn't relevant. > > Furthermore, it doesn't seem useful behaviour to have this restriction > in place. If I supply a disk, it should just use that (giving a clear > warning) unless it's literally unworkable (the image will not fit into > the provided space). > > I don't think it's appropriate for AI to second guess the intended > purpose of the install. It may never be updated, and it just doesn't > make sense to assume the user will need 14Gb of storage (which is a > distinctly non-trivial amount). >
I tend to agree that it's not a useful limitation since the size of the required disk depends directly on the packages selected for installation. If there's only one disk available for use (as is often the case) then trying it as best we can is probably the most reasonable approach. Dave
