Bug#368690: Installation fails, when /var/cache/apt/archives is full
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: Boot from netinst CD, used private mirror as source
Image version: 2006-05-24, http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta2/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
Date: Wed May 24 08:48:25 CEST 2006
Machine: selfmade Shuttle SN41-G2
Processor: AMD athlign XP 2000+
Memory: 1GB
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
Sorry, busyboxs df neither know -T nor -l; I guess that will do:
~ # fdisk -l
[..]
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 34 273973+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 35 36481 292769527+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 35 1007 7815591 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 1008 1337 2650693+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda7 1338 1386 393561 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 1387 36481 281900556 83 Linux
[..]
/dev/hdc1 * 1 851 6835626 83 Linux
/dev/hdc2 852 19457 149452695 5 Extended
/dev/hdc5 852 1181 2650693+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hdc6 1182 19457 146801938+ 83 Linux
~ # mount
[..]
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/lun0/part1 on /target type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)
/dev/ide/host0/bus1/lun0/part6 on /target/home type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/lun0/part8 on /target/pub type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/lun0/part7 on /target/tmp type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/lun0/part5 on /target/usr type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)
[..]
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
[ Too lazy to type that from the monitor; not important anyway since the
hardware is recognized ]
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [E]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
What basically happend is the following:
I got a new harddisc. I moved my old disc, with my old / and /home to
/dev/hdc and to test the new installer and attached my new disc as
/dev/hda. The installer booted up fine, and when asked I told him to
use /dev/hda entirely for seperate partitions. Seeing the details of
the proposed partioning, I made some changes, most notable I removed the
partition intended for /var (I wanted to use my old root partition on
/dev/hdc1 later for that). So /var resided on the rest of the /, which
got only 300 MB, or so.
The Rest of the story is easy:
During tasksel, I told him to install a desktop system. After
downloading 206 of 627 files to install, /var/cache/apt/archives became
to big for that partition, and the progressbar stopped.
I didn't got a warning, that my / was to small for /var, nor an error
message, when the installation process coudln't continue.
Okay, it's a clear user error, but it can't be called an error, without
an proper error message, can it? ;)
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