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[Mikhail Maksimov <mcwillin@xxxxxxxxx>]

I just finished trying to install Lubuntu Natty Alpha3 on a very small
partition. The results are as follows:

   - with 1800 MB, the installer fails with "not enough disk space"
   - with 1900 MB, the installer reports success, but after rebooting it is
   impossible to log in to the X environment: the screen blinks, and I'm
   presented with the login screen once again. In a text-only terminal
   (Ctrl+Alt+F1 works normally) I'm able to login, but further work is
   impossible. "df -h" reports no free space at all.
   - with 2000 MB, the installation and log in both succeed, but "df -h"
   reports just 70M of free space, which is IMHO well below minimum required to
   do anything substantial.

Thus, I think 3 GB disk is probably the _practical_ minimum for a Lubuntu
Natty system. Too bad it almost doubled since 10.04 :(

Regards,
Mikhail Maksimov

PS The installer's disk editor uses "decimal bytes" so an "MB" in my report
should be read as 1000000 bytes. If the disk is 2*(1024^3) bytes, you'll get
some 70*(1000*1000) bytes more to work in Natty, provided the system has
enough RAM to not use swap partition :(

On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:44:45 +0100
> 神癒礁湖 "(Rafael Laguna)" <rafaellaguna@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > As said on the blog:
> >
> >
> >         I can't upgrade my netbook Positivo MOBO (hard drive 2gb only)
> >         with lubuntu 10.04 because new versions need more a lot of space
> >         (1,5gb > 3,2gb). Why?
> >
> >
> > Does Natty need more space than Maverick?
> >
> It doesn't take much more space than previous versions.  The 3.2GB is just
> some arbitrary amount of space to give you a bit of room for swap etc.  I've
> installed in to a 3GB partion OK.
>
> --
> Steve Cook (Yorvyk)
>
> http://lubuntu.net
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