Intrepid botches

[Karl Larsen]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
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>> On 11/10/2008 03:04 PM, Karl Larsen wrote:
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>> Either way, you might download the alternate cd & install hardy as
>> previously suggested:
>> http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/
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>> 	Yes well I decided it was proper to D/L the Alternate CD for Hardy on the broken Intrepid so we are 6 hours and 30 minutes from having the software version of this on the lap-top. 
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>     I will try the new R/W CD-Rom DVD on the lap-top to make the 
> Alternate CD. Then many things can happen. I might find the Intrepid CD 
> control is also broken. Then I will put it on a 4 GB USB thing and do it 
> here on my computer. Then it might not work on the lap-top.
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>     If that happens I will again install Intrepid but not with a happy 
> heart.
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> Karl
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    Boy this is an Intrepid BOTCH!!!!! For some reason Intrepid sets low 
maximum size for all of it's  directories. For example, the limit for 
the /home/karl/Desktop on Intrepid is less than 699 MB!

    I checked the remaning partition space and it is 11+ GB.

    So I was d/l the Alternate CD of 8.04 and it was almost there with 
just 30 minutes to go and now I look and there is an error message 
saying there was too little space to store the file!!!! Sorry it says.


    I'm now 2% done with my second d/l of this file to 
/home/karl/Desktop/ on Hardy. I expect I have enough space...I always 
have for years!

    If anyone knows how to measure the size limit on a directory I would 
like to know it.

Karl


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