FC10 install,3Gb not enough

[Robert Moskowitz]

Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>> OK. My first attempt to install F10 on my Asus Eee has failed with not
>>> enough disk space. Does not supprise me, given all the crude of rpms
>>> that has to be downloaded before expanded.
>>>
>>> However, I also have a 4Gb SD card installed. What directory to I map
>>> to a partition on the SD card so that all the rpms go there?
>>>
>> I would run "yum clean all", and then copy the directory structure
>> to your SD card. Then mount the SD card partition at /var/cache/yum.
>
> Thanks, but I can't work it QUITE that way, the install failed. So 
> there is nothing to clean. I need to map /var/cache/yum with Disk 
> Druid as part of the install.

Well I gave /var/cache/yum 2Gb and did not include Open Office in the 
install, and still ran out of disk space. This time I will give it the 
whole 3.8Gb on the SD card, but I wonder if it is really using the SD 
card. I think I will try and mount it first on another system and see 
what is there.....

>>> Then after install and updates how do I set this back to just work off
>>> the main drive?
>>>
>> Run "yum clean all" again, and remove the SD card mount.
>
> OK.
>
>>> I have set up a 1Gb swap partition and a 2.8Gb ext3 partition for / on
>>> the main SSD drive. Trying to keep the overhead to the lowest, not
>>> using LVM...
>>>
>>> So where do all the rpms go? /var/<what>???
>>>
>>>
>> /var/cache/yum/<repo>/packages
>>
>> The yum clean all is probably not strictly necessary, but it should
>> help avoid any stale information when switching between storage
>> locations. It will also give you a bit more room on the main drive.
>>
>> Mikkel
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