Yes, that's what the message sounded like to me, but it didn't seem likely.
I have set it up (on 2 disks) with:
128M /
32M swap
1.8G /var
5G /home
256M swap
256M /tmp
3.5G /usr
That seems to me to allow plenty of space. And it should leave much more
than 843k available!
Brian.
Larry Sword wrote:
>
> Brian Schroeder wrote:
>
> > I have downloaded the Mandrake 7 iso image and copied it onto a CD.
> > I am trying to load it onto a Digital Prioris 2 x 166MHz, but continually
> > get the following error during the install phase:
> >
> > An error occured
> > installation of rpms failed:
> > Installing package needs 843kb on the /mnt filesystem.
> > OK
> >
> > Some packages seem to go in. There is a reasonable amount of disk
> > activity between occurrences of this error (and the "843kb" bit is
> > different each time).
> >
> > What does it mean? And what should I do about it?
> > The install is taking a LONG time.
> >
>
> It's an indication of the amount of space on the disk partition that is needed
> to load the number of programs you have selected. Normally if it need 843kb
> and you have less then you can de-select some files or packages.
>
> Larry
>
> >
> > PS I had no problem with Mandrake 6.1.
> >
> > Brian.
> > --
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