Bug#780811: debian-installer: Netinst throws error when MATE is selected in "Software, selection"
Le 19/03/2015 19:55, Cyril Brulebois a écrit :
> Hi,
> [...]
> It looks like 3.6GB is too small for both Gnome and MATE. If installing
> with Gnome then MATE once rebooted into the installed system works, I
> suspect that's because of the cache directory holding downloaded
> packages: holding both desktops' .deb and installing takes too much
> space compared to installing one after the other.
Using the ctrl-alt-F4 shell when error occured:
# df -h /target/.
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 3.3G 3.3G 0 100% /target
# (lot of commands because "du" is not available in Busybox...):
724 092 158 bytes for /target/var/cache/apt/archives/*
73 783 868 bytes for /target/var/cache/apt/archives/*mate*
I used the default partition action with "home separated". As my disk
has 12GB, the default partition action create a target '/' partition of
only 3.3GB.
Why 3.3GB?
Why not more?
What is the definition of default size for '/'?
What is the method of calculation for this value?
Is there technical constraints?
Where is the file of debian-installer with the calculation?
I restarted the same operations with a '/' partition of 10GB and no
issue occured. So, it confirms your diagnostic.
> I'm afraid there's little we can do in d-i for that.
At first, I thought it affected everyone using MATE. But in fact, if
only small disks are concerned then this is less urgent.
In a first step, a solution could be to expand the label message in the
"Software selection" input window. I suggest something like that (better
english is required):
"If you select all the packages, pay attention to have a size greater
than xGB for the '/' partition. Set a value too small will cause an
error in next step installation."
Perhaps a label change is runnable in d-i.
In a second step, it would be great to modify the default minimum size
of '/' partition. The
Thank you for your help :-)
Regards,
Christian (Cpm).
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