Re: Bug#226400: installation-reports: fails to install nic-extra-modules
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Chris Carr wrote:
> So, can someone tell me how to correct this please? I can by all means set
> up a swap partition using the console on vc2, right at the start of the
> install, but by the time I can do that the installer has already allocated
> 15Mb to /, which is not going to be enough. How can I increase the size of
> /?
Right, sorted it. In case anyone else with 32MB RAM wants to know -
1. Choose "load modules from floppy" and insert the cd_drivers_image (this
found the scsi driver)
2. Switch to console 2 and type cat/proc/scsi to see the disks
3. Type mkswap /dev/sdaX and swapon /dev/sdaX to set up swap space
4. Type mount -t tmpfs -o remount,size=32M /dev/shm / to double the size
of the root partition (it defaults to half available RAM, so only 16MB)
5. Go back to main menu and carry on the install
The one snag with this method is that you've mounted a partition as swap,
so you won't be able to change the partition table for that drive. Either
you need a 2nd HD for the install partitioning, or you need to have set up
the partitions in advance (eg. with tomsrtbt).
Right, on we go (I didn't actually complete the install, but will
tonight)
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