Feverishly pounding upon a keyboard al typed:
> On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:19:33 -0500, sk8r-365 wrote:
>
>> Feverishly pounding upon a keyboard al typed: <snip>
>>> I haven't been able to figure it out in suse's install routine. It
>>> seems to want to use the entire drive, or more probably, I'm not
>>> following some instructions correctly.
>>
>> I don't use SUSE and others here who do have given good instructions.
>> That said, by your above remarks, I am wondering if you've provided
>> enough space for the install on the target drive. Have you?
>
> It has 118gig on it. I managed to halve the drive when I installed
> Ubuntu. When the updates screwed it up, I re-installed on the remaining
> space. Then deleted everything that had been screwed up.

118GB is plenty for a standard install! Even half is.

Linux Minimum System Requirements

* Personal computer with an Intel Pentium III 500 MHz or higher
processor
* 256 MB physical RAM
* 800 MB available disk space
* 800x600 display resolution

Linux Recommended System Requirements

* 512 MB physical RAM
* 2.5 GB available disk space
* 1024x768 display resolution

Recommended Processors

* x86
* Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or higher
* AMD64
* Intel 64


That eliminates one concern, at least. I made that inquiry because
during my very early trials with Linux, RH5, I failed to provide enough
space for /. The install failed until I pulled my head from my
posterior :0

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sk8r-365
And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
-- Matthew 26:43