[02:41] <cr3> when installing 6.06 from the live cd on a 2.2Gb hard drive and if you select "erase entire disk", it will create 128Mb swap and 2.1Gb root but the installer will crash later due to a full disk.
[02:42] <cr3> Oddly, I have an installation of 6.06 which takes less than 2Gb
[02:42] <cr3> Perhaps some extra space is being taken during the installation process and then removed afterwards.
[02:43] <cjwatson> I think that's known
[02:43] <cjwatson> I need to attack ubiquity/partman's disk space checks in general
[02:45] <cr3> cjwatson: is my assessment right, though, that some extra space is being taken during the installation?
[02:46] <cjwatson> yes; ubiquity copies the whole live filesystem and then removes a few bits
[02:46] <cjwatson> I tried to get the high water mark but may not have got it quite right
[02:47] <cjwatson> for example, ubiquity itself is copied to the hard disk and then removed at the end
[02:48] <cr3> cjwatson: that rings a bell, I remember overhearing you speak about this during AllHands. that's a trick to make it possible for the live cd and installer to coexist in the same limited space, right?
[02:49] <cjwatson> yes, basically
[02:49] <cjwatson> the live CD installer doesn't use .debs, but copies the live filesystem instead
[02:52] <jerom1> cr3 : Hi, can you call me for support please ?
[02:58] <cr3> jerom1: sure, I tried calling you several times during the last few days. give me a few minutes, I'm on the phone right now.
[02:58] <jerom1> cr3 : ok no problem
[03:15] <cr3> jerom1: ok, I'm dialing...
[03:15] <jerom1> cr3: oki cool
[03:19] <cr3> jerom1: the number I'm dialing is not answering, please see my private messages
[03:30] <jerom1> cr3 : please see my response in private
[05:18] <cr3> cjwatson: might there be a workaround to install 6.06 on a 2Gb drive using the live cd? the alternate works fine, but the live cd is so much more user friendly
[08:28] <cjwatson> cr3: afraid not, if the contents of the live filesystem don't fit