Colony 5 installer -- /var fills up

[Colin Watson]

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On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 07:31:18PM -0600, Michael Moore wrote:
> I'm installing Colony 5 on a Del Inspiron 2650. I've installed Colony
> 4 on it about 20 times with no trouble whatsoever. Colony 5 is acting
> up though.
> 
> I choose the option "Erase entire disk: IDE1 master (hda) - 20.0 GB...."
> 
> The partitioner then shows me only two partitions, like this:
> 
> #1 primary    19.2 GB Boot-sign skull-sign  ext3   /

It's not /var filling up, then.

> #5 logical    764.9 MB                happy-face swap  swap
> 
> Installation continues as normal untill /var fills up. The exact messge is:
> ---
> [!!] Copy remaining packages to hard disk
>       Copying packages fialed
> Copying packages to the hard disk failed. You might have run out of
> disk space in the target /var filesystem.
> 
> Check /var/log/syslog or see virtual console 4 for the details.
> -----

That's very strange, because the text in Colony 5 says (more
accurately):

_Description: Copying packages failed
 Copying packages to the hard disk failed. You may have run out of disk
 space in the target /var filesystem, or your CD drive may be having
 problems reading packages from the CD. Cleaning the CD drive or burning the
 CD at a lower speed may help.
 .
 Check /var/log/syslog or see virtual console 4 for the details.

I'd diagnose something like a dirty CD drive or a scratched CD. Drive
and/or CD cleaning kits are often helpful.

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]