On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 09:26:25PM +0000, Philip Blundell wrote: > On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 20:52, I. Middlemas wrote: > > Here is what the partition table indicates: > > /dev/hda1 /target/boot Linux native 5.12 MB > > /dev/hda2 swap Linux swap 5.12 MB > > /dev/hda3 /target Linux native 5.12 MB
Your root disk is going to need to be more than 5 MB. I suspect you meant 512 MB? The basic installation for woody requires 110MB, for potato somewhat less, maybe 75MB. > > /dev/hda4 - not available - DOS extended (not sure > > what happened here) > > /dev/hda5 /target/usr Linux native 167.68 MB > > > > When I get to the "Install the Operating System Kernal and Modules" step, I > > get the following two dialog boxes (usually on the second driver disk): > > > > Error > > Error writing to output file: Success > > Continue > > I suspect this means you ran out of space on some partition or other. > When the error box occurs, try going to the second virtual terminal (ie > Alt-F2) and running "df". > Yeah, what he said. df -h for readings in MB. > A floppy drive problem is possible, but seems fairly unlikely if you > have already read in three disks successfully by the time it happens. > Bad disks are also a possibility, but if you have tried fresh disks that > also doesn't seem all that hot a contender. > > p. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]