TheTak
06-10-2005, 09:10 AM
space that Knoppix has available from the Live CD.
Oh, and hi everyone :)
This may seem like an odd scenario, but I implore thee, hear me out! I Wanted to try out Linux (have for some time) so finally decided to get around to downloading the newest Mandriva LE2005 ISOs. I downloaded the images and successfully burned them to disc (or so I thought/think) and went to install. Alas I got an error message every time. I thought maybe it had something to do with Windows already being on the system (though everything told me that wasn't the case) and was jonesing to get rid of Windows, so I deleted the partition and tried again. Alas, no luck with the Mandriva. Convinced I had somehow gotten incomplete/corrupt files, I went over to my brother's and downloaded the Knoppix LiveCD ISO, and apon return to my place got everything booted up quickly and efficiently from the CD, no problems with anything (even have sound!) I want to re-download the Mandriva ISOs and attempt to burn them again, but while the first ISO is at about half way complete, I get an error saying
"Could not write file /ramdisk/home/knoppix/Desktop/Mandriva-Linux-2005-Limited-Edition-Download-CD1.i586.iso. Disk full."
Is there a way that I can increase the size of the ramdisk that Knoppix has available, so that I can download the ISOs and hopefully start chipping away at Linux? If this is easy and basic knowledge I do appologize. I am entirely new to Linux and have no Unix experience. I have a 120gig hardrive with no partitions currently on it (unless Knoppix writes some during it's initialization) so assigning a size large enough for the three ISOs is not a problem, I simply lack the basic knowhow :) Any help is much appreciated by this very greatful Lewbie (is that a word? could I have just coined a new nerddome phrase?! :shock: )
Oh, and hi everyone :)
This may seem like an odd scenario, but I implore thee, hear me out! I Wanted to try out Linux (have for some time) so finally decided to get around to downloading the newest Mandriva LE2005 ISOs. I downloaded the images and successfully burned them to disc (or so I thought/think) and went to install. Alas I got an error message every time. I thought maybe it had something to do with Windows already being on the system (though everything told me that wasn't the case) and was jonesing to get rid of Windows, so I deleted the partition and tried again. Alas, no luck with the Mandriva. Convinced I had somehow gotten incomplete/corrupt files, I went over to my brother's and downloaded the Knoppix LiveCD ISO, and apon return to my place got everything booted up quickly and efficiently from the CD, no problems with anything (even have sound!) I want to re-download the Mandriva ISOs and attempt to burn them again, but while the first ISO is at about half way complete, I get an error saying
"Could not write file /ramdisk/home/knoppix/Desktop/Mandriva-Linux-2005-Limited-Edition-Download-CD1.i586.iso. Disk full."
Is there a way that I can increase the size of the ramdisk that Knoppix has available, so that I can download the ISOs and hopefully start chipping away at Linux? If this is easy and basic knowledge I do appologize. I am entirely new to Linux and have no Unix experience. I have a 120gig hardrive with no partitions currently on it (unless Knoppix writes some during it's initialization) so assigning a size large enough for the three ISOs is not a problem, I simply lack the basic knowhow :) Any help is much appreciated by this very greatful Lewbie (is that a word? could I have just coined a new nerddome phrase?! :shock: )