Re: Debian installation

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Chris Short wrote:

> I just wanted a nice simple, stable Linux and plopped for Debian after the
> reviews I read.
>
> No fancy front end installing - that's cool.
>
> Problem is I have a VERY basic install - using CD disk 1.
>
> However when I try to install ANY extra packages with the standard
> base-config, I always get out of space message.
>
> Any hints would be great.
>
> I have partitioned the drive as
> 100mb for multiboot
> 9gig for main 
> 1gig for swap
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Chris.
>
>  
Is this after the reboot?

Are you installing other things from the CD, or from the net?

How are you installing? tasksel? dselect? aptitude? apt-get? what?

Can you provide the exact error message?

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Kent West (westk@acu.edu)