YDL 2.3 Partition size issues ?

[Matthias Saou]

"Michael H. Martel" <martelm@quark.vsc.edu> wrote :

> Using the YDL install CD, I can boot, partition and format the drive just
> fine.  I've tried the following partition schemes.
> 
> boot - 10mb
> swap - 128mb
> swap - 128mb
> /    - 12gb
> 
> boot - 10mb
> swap - 128
> swap - 128
> /    - 3gb
> /usr - 3gb
> /home - 6gb
> 
> In both cases, when I get to the installation of packages I get an error 
> copying package to /tmp/package-name .  I can't rule out that the drive
> may have issues, but thought before I go buy a new drive, I'd ask if
> anyone has had problems installing YDL 2.3 on larger partitions.

This probably won't help you solve your problem, but I've got questions:
- Why such a small /boot partition? I really think you should increase it
  a bit in order to have some spare space to later install extra kernels
  without removing the known-to-work one(s).
- Why two 128MB swap partitions and not a single 256MB one?

I haven't yet got a great deal of Mac-specific knowledge, but I know that
for x86 computers, I've stopped creating anything other than one swap and
one "/" a few years ago when it's for a workstation or home use. The old
"the kernel image must be below the 1024th cylinder of the drive" rule
being no more on recent hardware.

Matthias

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