null Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 I tried to download disc 1 last night, but it errored out and said: Download error: There is not enough room on the disk to save /tmp/fmpwext.exe Did I d/l the wrong thing? I went to ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/mandrakelinux/offi...l/iso/10.0/i586 and selected disk 1 I had tried a couple of closer places to me (US) but one of them was d/l at 8Kb/sec and the other was going at the blazing speed of 5Kb/sec. So I looked for some european sites and tried the above one, which was d/l at an average rate of around 80Kb/sec - slow but alot better... Anyway, I noticed that the size of the disk 1 was something like 711,000 Kb - isn't that bigger than a CD ?? My machine I am working with is a RH9 box with an old 6Gb H-D. It is a recent clean install (not really any data yet). The only major thing I have on it is the 4 FC1 ISOs, which I have not yet burned to CDs. They take up around 2Gb or more of space. But shouldn't I have enough room for the mandrake ISOs ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopy Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 I tried to download disc 1 last night, but it errored out and said: Download error: There is not enough room on the disk to save /tmp/fmpwext.exe An ".exe" file... strange... and in /tmp ? (unless that is where you wanted to save the .iso file Did I d/l the wrong thing? I went to ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/mandrakelinux/offi...l/iso/10.0/i586and selected disk 1 I tried that address and it don't seem to exist. Try this address: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distribution.../iso/10.0/i586/ Anyway, I noticed that the size of the disk 1 was something like 711,000 Kb - isn't that bigger than a CD ?? Figuring 1024 bytes per kilobyte would equal 716,800 KB per "700" CD... then figure an ISO image has some extra stuff written to the file that tells your burner what to do... and it can be even larger. If I remember from when I did mine... It worked out to a 699 MB disc 1. Yes it will fit. My machine I am working with is a RH9 box with an old 6Gb H-D. It is a recent clean install (not really any data yet). The only major thing I have on it is the 4 FC1 ISOs, which I have not yet burned to CDs. They take up around 2Gb or more of space. But shouldn't I have enough room for the mandrake ISOs ? Open a terminal and do this: df -a and then we can tell if you got enought room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 I am in the Midwest US, and I get my best speeds from ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/Man...l/iso/10.0/i586 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted June 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 (edited) Yeah, I didn't know what the .exe and the /tmp were either. I selected my home directory to save the iso. Thanks for the df -a. I tried a couple of terminal cmds, but none gave me what I wanted. I'm still new at this. Here's the results: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 5581824 4702800 595480 89% / none 0 0 0 - /proc usbdevfs 0 0 0 - /proc/bus/usb /dev/hda1 101089 9324 86546 10% /boot none 0 0 0 - /dev/pts none 127632 0 127632 0% /dev/shm when I installed RH9, I let it automatically do its disk setup. If its goofy, please tell me how to make it better. Edited June 6, 2004 by null Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris:b Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 It says that you have available : --> 595480 (~ 520 MB) , and 89% used, if hda2 is the partition you are trying to save the iso on. Not enough ;-) You say you have a 6 GB HD: Installed system ~ 1.4 GB or more ? 4x RH isos ~ 2.8 GB Also 5%-10% are reserved for something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted June 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 ok, thanks. Guess I will burn the 4 FC2 ISOs to CDs and then delete them from my computer. I've never burned any ISOs under linux, but I'm sure I can figure it out - if not, I've always got this board... Or I can download the mandrake ISOs on my win2k machine and burn the ISOs with Nero. That machine has 10.5Gb available. I'll try the nluug site, as Ix suggested. I remember downloading from that site in the past, and having good luck. I can't believe that my 6Gb disk in my linux machine is almost gone - with only a RH9 install on it, a few other progs such as k3b, and the 4 FC1 ISOs. However, I am giving that machine to my 6-yr old son, so no prob. The new machine I am building is going to have a brand-new 200Gb W-D hard-drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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