Re: Not enough disk space for a minimal installation

Roman Rupp wrote:
> I think i have a known problem to install Suse 8.1 on my AS500/333.
> The machine has 320MB RAM and two SCSI HD's with each 2GB
> space. Can anyone tell me (maybe step by step) how i can turn around
> the bug with "<subj> and ERROR: No proposal" and install Suse 8.1
> succesfully? I've heard that there's a problem with the partitioning and
> fdisk, but I don't know how to fix it. Maybe there's a FAQ about this
> problem or something other helpful links.

Hi Roman,

I met this error too, about a year ago on my Turbo XL 300. I did some
deep diving. The problem is the 'wget' utility. I does not work. (I did
not work on my machine that is.)

Here is the relevant part of the log file:
2003-07-01 04:46:58 <1> linux(366) [YCP]
modules/InstURL.ycp(InstURL::installInf2Url):135 URL
ftp://131.159.72.23/pub/suse/axp/supplementary/8.1
2003-07-01 04:46:58 <1> linux(366) [YCP]
modules/Packages.ycp(Packages::Init):631 Initialize Package Manager:
ftp://131.159.72.23/pub/suse/axp/supplementary/8.1
2003-07-01 04:46:58 <1> linux(366) [packagemanager]
InstSrcManager.cc(scanMedia):390 scanMedia
ftp://131.159.72.23/pub/suse/axp/supplementary/8.1
2003-07-01 04:46:58 <1> linux(366) [mediaaccess]
MediaHandler.cc(MediaHandler):112
ftp://131.159.72.23/pub/suse/axp/supplementary/8.1 not attached;
localRoot "/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/tmp"
2003-07-01 04:47:00 <0> linux(366) [mediaaccess]
MediaWget.cc(getFile):125 wget error: unexpected error
2003-07-01 04:47:00 <0> linux(366) [mediaaccess]
MediaHandler.cc(release):180 ok
2003-07-01 04:47:00 <1> linux(366) [packagemanager]
InstSrcManager.cc(scanMedia):458 scanMedia
ftp://131.159.72.23/pub/suse/axp/supplementary/8.1 (/)

wget is trying to get data from the ftp server but crashes. The
isntalation program gets confused gives you the 'not enough diskspace
error'.

I don't know what is wrong with the utility. My best guess is compiled
for the wrong Alpha processor. I gace up on this point but I am still
watching the list in the hope to revive my Alpha one day.

Good luck!

Hans Wessels