formatting hard disk..what do I not know?
 

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It is an error. If you are familiar with *nix you might want try the
alternate installer (there is a check box on the download page). It
is ncurses based and tends to be a little less buggy. However, the
very existence of Ubuntu is focused toward making intelligent
decisions for the user so the user doesn't have to know what gparted
is, or even what a partition is.

Munroe Sollog
Systems Engineer
Digirati Consulting, Inc
sollog@digiraticonsulting.com



Paderick Lundy wrote:
> I have used Unix since 1986 and I have installed many, many copies
> of Unix/Linux over the past years but this Unbuntu installation has
> me stumped, perhaps someone can point me to some information that
> explains my problem.
>
> First I downloaded the newest version Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server
> Edition. When I try to partition the hard drives in my box (SATA
> 320GB and SATA 74GB) I get a screen that tells me the root
> partition that I had tried to format to a size of 500MB must be at
> least 19 GB. I ran linux/Unix root partitions of 50 MB for years,
> what gives that I need 19 GB?
>
> Next I created a partition of 3 GB on the second HD for swap and
> the software gave me another error message that this was not
> permissible.
>
> I guess my real question is; has the Linux community gotten to the
> point where a user cannot or does not have the freedom to
> configure their own equipment the way they please or is this
> version going in the direction of Mickey$oft and making all of the
> decisions for the user?
>
> This post is not meant to be a flame, I have been away from Linux
> for awhile, have a spare machine and decided to see what's new in
> Linux. I need some reorientation and I would appreciate a link
> that will explain the design philosophy behind this version of
> Linux since it's popularity would appear that it is the Leading
> version of Linux.
>
> Thank you,
>
> -- Joseph Patrick Ryan
>
> The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other
> man in your field - and keep on doing it. Wilfred A. Peterson
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Hi,

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Jayson Rowe wrote:

> I do not think it would be remotely possible to fit even a basic Ubuntu
> Server install on a 500MB root partition - I could see maybe a small
> 50MB-200-MB /boot partition but that's too small for / in this day and age
> IMHO

Of course it would be possible -- presuming you made separate partitions
for way /usr and /var which it sounds like he probably intended doing.

Even ignoring that though, 19GB would be an outrageous minimum size for a
root partition. It's not like this is vista. A bug in the install CD
(which should ideally be reported on launchpad.net) sounds like the best
explanation to me.

As someone else said, "advanced" installation, for people who have specific
requirements, are best done with the -alternate- CD which will give you the
"hole hawg" experience you crave (including LVM and software RAID if you so
desire). In fairness to the developers, this apparent bug aside, the live
CD installer is created to have relatively few choices with newbies in mind
and I think that's a laudable goal.

Gavin


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Thank you all for taking the time to answer my questions.* I will download the alternate installer and perhaps It will be more comfortable.

Joseph

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Gavin McCullagh <gmccullagh@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,



On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Jayson Rowe wrote:



> I do not think it would be remotely possible to fit even a basic Ubuntu

> Server install on a 500MB root partition - I could see maybe a small

> 50MB-200-MB /boot partition but that's too small for / in this day and age

> IMHO



Of course it would be possible -- presuming you made separate partitions

for way /usr and /var which it sounds like he probably intended doing.



Even ignoring that though, 19GB would be an outrageous minimum size for a

root partition. *It's not like this is vista. *A bug in the install CD

(which should ideally be reported on launchpad.net) sounds like the best

explanation to me.



As someone else said, "advanced" installation, for people who have specific

requirements, are best done with the -alternate- CD which will give you the

"hole hawg" experience you crave (including LVM and software RAID if you so

desire). *In fairness to the developers, this apparent bug aside, the live

CD installer is created to have relatively few choices with newbies in mind

and I think that's a laudable goal.



Gavin





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