Re: Not enough disk space for a minimal installation

Hi Stefan,

> The error is very misleading indeed. The problem is really that YaST
> doesn't find the right partitions for installation. After YaST =
started,
> you have to switch to another virtual console and start fdisk =
manually,
> do the right partitioning and restart the installation process
> afterwards. This will fix above error.
I don't know what mistakes i make. I did it so as you write.
Here the steps:
After boot from CD i made the basic configurations, download the
root image from ftp.gwdg.de and then YaST starts up. After this
i switched immediately (without clicking yes on the first screen) with
Ctrl-Alt-F2 to the console. Then i start fdisk /dev/sda and it starts up
in BSD-Label-Mode (There a two HD's in my system with each 2GB
capacity). Pressing "n" then and create partition a: starting at Cyl. 2 =
and
ends at Cyl. 52. Giving fstype SWAP. Then press "n" again and create
partition b: starting at Cyl. 53 and ends at Cyl. 255. Giving fstype =
EXT2.
This would be my "/" partition.
Then pressing "w" and write the Label to the disk. Then pressing "q" to =
quit.
Starting fdisk /dev/sdb again to partitioning the second Disk. Pressing =
"n"
and create partition a: starting at Cyl. 1 and ends at Cyl. 255. Giving =
fstype
UNUSED. Pressing "n" again and create partition b: starting at Cyl. 2 =
and
ends at Cyl. 255. Giving fstype EXT2. This would be my "/usr" partition.
Then pressing "w" and write the Label to the disk. Then pressing "q" to =
quit.
Switching back to YaST, cancel the installation and reboot. After =
textmode
setup, X starts up with YaST , i choose new install and i have the same =
error
<subj> as every time. Couriously is that YaST always wants to =
re-partitioning
/dev/sdb, but not /dev/sda.

Sorry for my long mail, but i try to tell exactly what i've done and =
hope not
to forget something.

Thanks for help in advance

Roman