Installation of RHEL5 via kickstart fails with "You selected packages require 2789 MB of free space for installation, but you do have enough available. You can change you selections or reboot" error
Issue
Installation of RHEL5 via kickstart fails with "You selected packages require 2789 MB of free space for installation, but you do have enough available. You can change you selections or reboot" error.
74 % done ... error generated:
You selected packages require 2789 MB of free space for installation, but you do have enough available. You can change you selections or reboot
The partitioning section of kickstart file is as follows;
bootloader --location=mbr --append="rhgb quiet"
#clearpart --all --initlabel
#clearpart --all
clearpart --initlabel [disks]
part / --fstype ext3 --size=21373 --grow
part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=256
part /var --fstype ext3 --size=8192
part /opt --fstype ext3 --size=4096
part /usr --fstype ext3 --size=2631
part /home --fstype ext3 --size=1024
part /tmp --fstype ext3 --size=4096
part swap --size=4096
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- kickstart
- anaconda
Subscriber exclusive content
A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase of over 48,000 articles and solutions.
Close
Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.