Write error during install

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mbriody
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Write error during install

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I tried to do an install from a DVD created with the Stardust iso and selected a non-native install to F. However it failed write away with an error writing to F.

Is this because I have a 160Gb drive and no G drive?

I tried searching the forums and FAQ's and it still seems unclear to me whether > 137Gb drives are supported or not. This should really be in the first readme or installation tutorial.

Its not listed in the 'known issues' or 'requirements' sections inside install.txt.
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lotw
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Re: Write error during install

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mbriody wrote:I tried to do an install from a DVD created with the Stardust iso and selected a non-native install to F. However it failed write away with an error writing to F.

Is this because I have a 160Gb drive and no G drive?

I tried searching the forums and FAQ's and it still seems unclear to me whether > 137Gb drives are supported or not. This should really be in the first readme or installation tutorial.

Its not listed in the 'known issues' or 'requirements' sections inside install.txt.
If you searched the forums you would have found that there is a problem accessing non-native mode above 137g. There are ways around it however
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mbriody
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Re: Write error during install

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I did do a search, several in fact, as I said above.

If you read the posts you will see that the suggested workarounds all seem to have failed.

I'm just surprised there's no mention in the official documentation of this limitation.
lotw wrote:
mbriody wrote:I tried to do an install from a DVD created with the Stardust iso and selected a non-native install to F. However it failed write away with an error writing to F.

Is this because I have a 160Gb drive and no G drive?

I tried searching the forums and FAQ's and it still seems unclear to me whether > 137Gb drives are supported or not. This should really be in the first readme or installation tutorial.

Its not listed in the 'known issues' or 'requirements' sections inside install.txt.
If you searched the forums you would have found that there is a problem accessing non-native mode above 137g. There are ways around it however
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