i got the same error i had to delete the partion adn restart with it listed as empty and linux installed fine with all the pacages may or may not work but you can give it a try On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, you wrote: > Hello all, > > I just got a Mandrake 7.0 distribution from a computer magazine. It all > goes well up to the point that it asks me for the packages I want to > install. > > I had the disk auto-allocated, which gives me around 1409 Megs for the / > partition. I chose "expert" installation (I'm not an expert, just a > freak, hehe) and development type. After that point, the installation > gives me an error saying more or less that the packages I chose are 1180 > Megs in size and there's no space for all of them (like 1180 > 1409?) > but I could go on anyway, just I won't get all packages installed. I OK > this, to go on, and then I get a menu of package choices (Server, > Development, Games, etc.) I choose the absolute minimum, which is 1180 > Megs, and when I OK this too, I get an error that the .rpms could not be > installed because of no space in / partition. > > This is weird cause I restarted after I partitioned, so there shouldn't > be a problem for the installation to see the allocated space. > > Any ideas? > Thanks in advance > GG
