Linuxguy123 wrote: > On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 13:18 -0600, Rex Dieter wrote: >> linux guy wrote: >>> Why is the home dir so large ? >> Dunno, see options for >> /usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-disk [--reset-mbr] [--noverify] >> [--overlay-size-mb <size>] [--home-size-mb <size>] [--unencrypted-home] >> <isopath> <usbstick device> >> >> So apparently, you can specify separate sizes for overlay vs. home. >> >> (haven't used this much myself) > > I did specify separate sizes. I made my usb drive with: > > livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --noverify --overlay-size-mb 100 > --home-size-mb 150 --unencrypted-home > --delete-home /home/xxx/Download/f10-kde-4.1.85-2/livecd-f10-kde-4.1.85-200812161507.iso /dev/sdc1 > > Why isn't a home of 150MB large enough to allow me to actually store > things in my home directory ? that's not the problem you had. The problem you had was 'yum update' which is != home dir -- Rex