Building from a Kickstart file - out of space error

[Philip Rhoades]

People,

I am trying to build from a ks file but I keep getting errors about not 
enough space on / - but there is plenty of space:

/dev/sda3       183G   31G  143G  18% /

Is the error about / on the image that is being created?  I have tried 
removing all non-critical packages - which reduces the number in the 
error message but I don't understand why I am getting it all . .

Here is what I get:

[lots of errors like this]:
   installing package 
NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora-1:1.37.3-1.fc37.noarch needs 
296MB more space on the / filesystem

Error Summary
-------------
Disk Requirements:
    At least 296MB more space needed on the / filesystem.

Unable to unmount /var/tmp/imgcreate-krx68kda/install_root/var/cache/dnf 
normally, using lazy unmount
lazy umount succeeded on 
/var/tmp/imgcreate-krx68kda/install_root/var/cache/dnf
lazy umount succeeded on 
/var/tmp/imgcreate-krx68kda/install_root/var/cache/dnf
Unable to unmount /var/tmp/imgcreate-krx68kda/install_root/sys normally, 
using lazy unmount
lazy umount succeeded on /var/tmp/imgcreate-krx68kda/install_root/sys
lazy umount succeeded on /var/tmp/imgcreate-krx68kda/install_root/sys
Unmounting directory /var/tmp/imgcreate-krx68kda/install_root
Losetup remove /dev/loop0

How to fix?

Thanks,

Phil.

Hmm . . my mail made it to the archives but not as an email list reply back to me . . lots of other Fedora lists mails work fine . . what is wrong with this one?

Phil.

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2022-03-27 at 12:50 +0000, [e-mail] wrote:
> Hmm . . my mail made it to the archives but not as an email list
> reply back to me . . lots of other Fedora lists mails work fine . .
> what is wrong with this one?

No idea, but note that posting in HyperKitty means no-one knows what
you're talking about unless you explicitly quote it (or they take the
trouble to look in the archive).

poc

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2022-03-27 at 15:28 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sun, 2022-03-27 at 12:50 +0000, [e-mail] wrote:
> > Hmm . . my mail made it to the archives but not as an email list
> > reply back to me . . lots of other Fedora lists mails work fine . .
> > what is wrong with this one?
>
> No idea, but note that posting in HyperKitty means no-one knows what
> you're talking about unless you explicitly quote it (or they take the
> trouble to look in the archive).

I should have said "many people" rather than "no-one" and it was a
general comment.

Also, your original message did in fact reach the list, so maybe check
your list settings:

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users.lists.fedoraproject.org/

in case you've configured it to not send you copies of your own mail.

poc

> Also, your original message did in fact reach the list,

Yes, I know . . I said that . .
> so maybe check

your list settings:
> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users.lists.fedoraproject.org/
> in case you've configured it to not send you copies of your own mail.

That is a general Fedora list info but in any case, like I said, I have plently of other Fedora lists that I am happily receiving mail from . . I will have to dig deeper on this end to confirm it is not my mail server or some maildrop thing . .

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Wed, 2022-03-30 at 04:23 +0000, [e-mail] wrote:
> > Also, your original message did in fact reach the list,
>
> Yes, I know . . I said that . .
> > so maybe check
>
> your list settings:
> > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users.lists.fedoraproject.org/
> > in case you've configured it to not send you copies of your own
> > mail.
>
> That is a general Fedora list info but in any case, like I said, I
> have plently of other Fedora lists that I am happily receiving mail
> from . . I will have to dig deeper on this end to confirm it is not
> my mail server or some maildrop thing . .

IIRC Fedora lists are managed by Mailman, and each list has its own
per-user configuration. Mailman options include one to not send you
copies of your own posts. You might want to check what it says for this
list.

poc

[Troy Dawson]

On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 4:50 AM Philip Rhoades  wrote:
> People,
>
> I am trying to build from a ks file but I keep getting errors about not
> enough space on / - but there is plenty of space:
>
> /dev/sda3       183G   31G  143G  18% /
>
> Is the error about / on the image that is being created?  I have tried
> removing all non-critical packages - which reduces the number in the
> error message but I don't understand why I am getting it all . .
>
> Here is what I get:
>
> [lots of errors like this]:
>    installing package
> NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora-1:1.37.3-1.fc37.noarch needs
> 296MB more space on the / filesystem
> Error Summary
>
> Disk Requirements:
>     At least 296MB more space needed on the / filesystem.
>
> Unable to unmount /var/tmp/imgcreate-krx68kda/install_root/var/cache/dnf
> normally, using lazy unmount
> lazy umount succeeded on
> /var/tmp/imgcreate-krx68kda/install_root/var/cache/dnf
> lazy umount succeeded on
> /var/tmp/imgcreate-krx68kda/install_root/var/cache/dnf
> Unable to unmount /var/tmp/imgcreate-krx68kda/install_root/sys normally,
> using lazy unmount
> lazy umount succeeded on /var/tmp/imgcreate-krx68kda/install_root/sys
> lazy umount succeeded on /var/tmp/imgcreate-krx68kda/install_root/sys
> Unmounting directory /var/tmp/imgcreate-krx68kda/install_root
> Losetup remove /dev/loop0

How much space is in /var/tmp ?
It's not always the same as /

Troy

[Go Canes]

> > [lots of errors like this]:
> >    installing package
> > NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora-1:1.37.3-1.fc37.noarch needs
> > 296MB more space on the / filesystem

You need more space during the install than it will occupy when the
install is complete.

I think you have 2 options - make your target root larger, or install
fewer packages during the kickstart (install them after the kickstart
completes).

Also - note that if it is this tight on space during the install, you
are likely to run into a similar issue during a "dnf update" if there
are a large number of packages to update, as well as for any future
upgrade.

And a final comment - as it appears you are installing Fedora 37, this
should really be asked on the test list.  For one thing, over there
they might be aware of a larger minimum disk size that is required.

> You need more space during the install than it will occupy when the

install is complete.
> I think you have 2 options - make your target root larger, or install

fewer packages during the kickstart (install them after the kickstart
completes).
> Also - note that if it is this tight on space during the install, you

are likely to run into a similar issue during a "dnf update" if there
are a large number of packages to update, as well as for any future
upgrade.
> And a final comment - as it appears you are installing Fedora 37, this

should really be asked on the test list. For one thing, over there
they might be aware of a larger minimum disk size that is required.

Thanks for the suggestions but I think it must be something more obscure - I gave up trying to build a "minimum" iso with a view to adding stuff to it as needed and just built the current standard KDE live USB - and that worked fine . . so now I will work backwards and see what I can remove . .

> How much space is in /var/tmp ?
> It's not always the same as /

In this case it is:

/dev/sda1       599M   14M  585M   3% /boot/efi
/dev/sda2       976M  243M  666M  27% /boot
/dev/sda3       183G   31G  143G  18% /
/dev/sda5       7.1T  3.7T  3.1T  55% /home