On 22 Jul, Brian Servis wrote: > *- On 22 Jul, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about "dselect error message" >> I originally installed the base debian packages from cd and when >> everything seemed ok I connected via the apt option to the default serv >> er (debian.org I think) in order to get Netscape amongst other things. >> However dselect stops at the install stage telling me that >> /var/cache/apt/archives/ is full. what should I do? >> > > Sounds like your /var partition is full. What does 'df -m /var' say? > You need to either increase the size of the /var partition or symlink > /var/cache/apt to another partition with more room. The later is the > quick and easy solution. > > cd /var/cache > mv apt /path/to/partition/with/room > ln -s /path/to/partition/with/room/apt apt >
Thanks for the reply. df -m /var gives me: "Filesystem MB-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/hda1 47 35 9 80% /" When I partitioned the drive (a 1.6gb) I only made a small root partition, a swap partition and a main partition. I don`t mind re-installing at this stage so would re-partitioning be the better option and if so what would be adequate partition sizes for the foreseeable future use of the machine? I`d prefer the better option to the easier one although please realise that I`m a bit of a newbie so keep it simple! :-) Thanks again,without this list I`d have given up ages ago. Paul
