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#1 2009-05-28 16:05:37
- rab
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[SOLVED] ArchPPC iMac G3 4GB - No space left for packages
Hey, I got the new version of ArchlinuxPPC to work on my iMac G3, which has 4GB of hard drive space. I partitioned it so root got 3.5GB and swap got 512MB ( I'm going to use a networked drive for my user's home ). Half way between downloading the packages, which says 98MB total, it gets to the point where it says there is no disk space left. How can this be? Are the packages not being downloaded to /mnt/var/pacman/cache? 4GB should be sufficient to install linux on right?
Thanks, rab.
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#2 2009-05-30 15:33:15
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Re: [SOLVED] ArchPPC iMac G3 4GB - No space left for packages
Nevermind, I fixed this. For some odd reason pacman was downloading to /var/cache/pacman/pkg, (paths may not be correct away from computer), instead of /mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg. I just symlinked /mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg to /var/cache/pacman/pkg and it downloaded fine.
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#3 2009-05-30 16:25:16
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Re: [SOLVED] ArchPPC iMac G3 4GB - No space left for packages
'/var/cache/pacman/pkg' seems normal (I don't use ArchPPC though) , why have you written that it happens "for some odd reason"? If / is 3,5G than it should have worked fine the first time.
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#4 2009-05-30 17:24:58
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Re: [SOLVED] ArchPPC iMac G3 4GB - No space left for packages
/ is the livecd. My hard drive is /dev/hda which mounts on /mnt
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#5 2009-05-30 17:27:34
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Re: [SOLVED] ArchPPC iMac G3 4GB - No space left for packages
I consider this to be a crucial piece of information :-) Now of course I get it.
Could you mark the topic as [SOLVED]?
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