Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: driverfan on May 23, 2012, 02:26:19 PM
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I installed tiny core from a USB drive on a machine with a 128MB DOM. It boots fine, but I cannot download extensions or modify files without getting error about disk space. When I look at the filesystems tab of the tiny core system stats, I see:
rootfs 165.9M 79.2M 116.6M 30% /
tmpfs 92.1M 0 92.1M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1 117.2M 117.2M 100% /mnt/sda1
/dev/sda1 117.2M 117.2M 100% /home
/dev/sda1 117.2M 117.2M 100% /opt
the mounts tab shows:
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/sda1 type ext4 (rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered)
I am sure there is something very obvious that I am missing, but since this is my first experience with linux of any flavor, I don't know where to start.
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Your sda1 is a small 117M partition and it is full.
You should not be using opt= or home= until you fully understand the implications.
Your tce directory probably belongs on a different partition.
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Hi driverfan
Since you decided to go with persistent /home and /opt directories, did you remember to remove the home and opt
entries from the /opt/.filetool.lst file?
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Thank you both for the input. I took Gerald's advice and deleted the partition and reinstalled without the home and opt options. The installation now has free space on the /dev/sda1. That is a good starting point, but I am interested in a persistent home and opt, as I intend to use it to run virtualbox with the same VM every time the system boots. The VM is only 40MB, but it takes a long time to unpack on an 800MHz processor.
Rich, I did not remove the entries from the /opt/.filetool.lst file. I re-read the persistence for dummies wiki post again and I see it is very clearly spelled out in there. I will update the boot configuration file and update the /opt/.filetool.lst. Thank you for the direction.
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