On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Michael Elkins wrote:
> Did a fresh install of 7.2 on my Toshiba 460CDT laptop.
>
> I chose to install XFree86 4.0.1. It incorrectly identifies the CT65535 video
> adapter as a Trident Cyber 9525 (generic). Once I select the correct
> chipset, X works fine. In Mandrake 7.1, I chose to install the XFree86 4.0
> server and it correctly identified my video chipset.
>
> It appears that the logic to decide how much space you have and how many
> packages you can install is very broken. I created a 1GB root (/) partition
> to install the OS on. At first I select nearly everything except the
> development tools + libraries, but it told me it required 1.3GB of
> diskspace. So I decided to just install GNOME and unselect everything else.
> I also unselected the "choose specific packages" option so I didn't have to
> wade through everything. It *still* told me that the install required
> 1.3GB, even though only the GNOME suite was selected for install. I was
> then given the option to install 72% of the most critical packages, which it
> estimated at about 950MB. So I went ahead with the install. However, after
> the installation I logged in and did a `df' only to discover that the
> install had only used up about 350MB. It appears that it installed what I
> told it to, but somehow the installer wasn't calculating the disk
> requirements correctly.
>
The same for me. Install prog never recalculate if required space is over.
R.V.
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