On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 14:22 -0600, Rex Dieter wrote: > 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 I understand that. But if you look back at my df -h, my home dir is 100% full. Why ? It wouldn't let me create a test text file. Just to be sure we understand each other, the yum stuff would have been saved in the overlay, right ?
