2005-08-24, 02:25 PM
OK... do the following:
1. Make your 6.4 GB drive master and 2.1 GB drive slave on IDE1. Leave IDE2 intact. You'll see why soon.
2. Partition as follows:
6.4 gig drive (master/IDE1) reiserfs mount at at /
2.1 gig drive (slave/IDE1) reiserfs mounted at /home
CDROM (master/IDE2)
2.1 gig drive (slave/IDE2) swap
I highly recommend using reiserfs because it is faster and less prone to getting corrupt. The makers claim it's "un-corruptable," but I think that there's always that chance, eh? ;)
You're getting that error because you've cramped all your stuff into the 2.1 GB drive, which I know Ubuntu cannot survive on. /var on my computer takes up about 693 MB, so how much room would that leave for the entire installation? Very little!
I know you're probably getting frustrated with Linux and that you just might go back to Windows, but hang in there -- this frustration is a learning experience, and you could come out a victor!!!