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Linux redhat 7.0 installation

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by anamenow

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I get errors whilst trying to install redhat linux 7.0 off cd-rom. I am installing onto a partitionless drive. The install program loads fine - I choose workstation install. The problem comes during the actual installation/copying of the linux packages. It stops after around 30 packages (spellchecker usually) and reboots the system. any ideas?

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by petronil

what are the sizes of your partitions? maybe the sizes are not enough. here's some computations for your partitions

swap = 2 * memory (swap partition)
/ = swap
/usr = 1024 MB or higher
/home= remaining space

this works fine with me with no errors in any versions of linux. hope this will help

by computechie

It sounds like your slices are running out of space. UNIX type OS's don't really use partitions in the same way as we think of them in DOS/Windows. Make sure that your / (root) slice is around 50MB or bigger, /var needs to be 25-50MB, your swap slice needs to be at least 3 times your memory, I usually give my systems a 128 or 256MB swap slice, and the remaining space should go to /usr. Hope this helps you get it up and running.

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