You should be able to look at /tmp/anaconda.log and get more info.  You 
can access a "shell" during the install by using 

  ctrl-alt-f2

You can also look at the "info" screens at

  ctrl-alt-f3 and ctrl-alt-f4

-Connie Sieh

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, 
Francois Colonna wrote:

> Connie Sieh wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Francois Colonna wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>I tried to install SL4.4
> >>
> >>I defined a customized configuration of 3.7 Go
> >>I have  two system partitions where SL can store the image of the pac=
> >>kages
> >>
> >>"/"  of 14 G
> >>or
> >>"/boot" of 1.4 G
> >>
> >>I have no "/tmp" partition
> >>
> >>SL 4.4 crashed  by lack of disk space when it tried to copy the=20
> >>configuration on disk.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >What is the error message?
> >  
> >
> It is approximately  "unable to copy packages probably because of  lack 
> of disk space"
> I can  run it again tomorrow
> 
> >  
> >
> >>My question is : is SL4.4  using "/boot"  for that ?
> >>I thought "/boot" was not used to store temporary files.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I doubt that /boot is used for anything other than the /boot kernel and 
> >grub files.
> >
> >  
> >
> I just wanted to be sure of that.
> 
> >Can you send a 
> >
> >  fdisk -l
> >
> >of the disk in question?
> >
> >-Connie Sieh
> >  
> >
> here is the fdisk -l result (in french, sorry)
> 
> Disque /dev/sda: 100.0 Go, 100030242816 octets
> 255 têtes, 63 secteurs/piste, 12161 cylindres
> Unités = cylindres de 16065 * 512 = 8225280 octets
> 
> Périphérique Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1   *           1         243     1951866   1b  Hidden W95 FAT32
> /dev/sda2             244        3940    29696152+   c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/sda3            3941        5764    14651280   83  Linux
> /dev/sda4            5765       12161    51383902+   5  Extended
> /dev/sda5           11825       12161     2706921   82  Linux swap
> /dev/sda6            5765        5955     1534144+  83  Linux
> /dev/sda7            5956        7867    15358108+  83  Linux
> /dev/sda8            7868       11824    31784571   83  Linux
> 
> 
> Do you have any idea ? Of course I checked the CD
> 
> Thank you
> 
> François Colonna
> 
> 
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