Paegus
November 7th, 2008, 06:37 PM
To facilitate computer fixings and for the occasional WOWWIES for people who didn't know you *cough*Linux*cough* could do that I've decided to make a bootable usb stick. Right now I'm testing Ubuntu 8.10 using the wonderfully simple directions found here (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2008/11/01/ubuntu-810-install-using-the-built-in-usb-installer/) and so long as I have a copy of the .ISO file available to install from since using the live CD dies when trying to make the stick bootable, all goes well.
Until I get around to installing the basic packages I want to take with me. I've tried deleting all the useless localization stuff, unwanted packages etc but I still keep running out of space. The root filesystem is full. Granted the sticks only 2GB but what's happened to that extra 1.2GB that is supposed to be used to contain changes? df -h shows various tmpfs enties with around 503MB free but there's no space with 1.2GB or anything close to it. So would I be correct in assuming that it's being used up by any combination of those other tmpfs entries?
And even then, how can I go about making the root file-space where all these apps are being installed a bit larger, even if it leaves me less home-space to carry my firefox settings and such around in, I'd rather that than running out of application space.
I'd hoped it would be as simple as not assigning all the extra 1.2GB of space to the persistent casper-rw loop file but that doesn't seem to be the case since if I set that to say 500MB the root filesystem ends up as full even faster. And looking at the drive itself just shows that there's less space used for the whole setup.
Until I get around to installing the basic packages I want to take with me. I've tried deleting all the useless localization stuff, unwanted packages etc but I still keep running out of space. The root filesystem is full. Granted the sticks only 2GB but what's happened to that extra 1.2GB that is supposed to be used to contain changes? df -h shows various tmpfs enties with around 503MB free but there's no space with 1.2GB or anything close to it. So would I be correct in assuming that it's being used up by any combination of those other tmpfs entries?
And even then, how can I go about making the root file-space where all these apps are being installed a bit larger, even if it leaves me less home-space to carry my firefox settings and such around in, I'd rather that than running out of application space.
I'd hoped it would be as simple as not assigning all the extra 1.2GB of space to the persistent casper-rw loop file but that doesn't seem to be the case since if I set that to say 500MB the root filesystem ends up as full even faster. And looking at the drive itself just shows that there's less space used for the whole setup.