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Bug 136013

Summary:	Free disk space is only checked for system drive
Product:	installer	Reporter:	duplicitous <duplicitous>
Component:	Code	Assignee:	Libor Fischmeistr <lfischmeistr>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	blocker	CC:	artisan
Priority:	P3
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description duplicitous 2008-05-28 16:26:22 UTC

Prior to installation, the installer checks the available disk space. This is, however,
done before the dialog for choosing the target partition is shown and only for the system
partition, as it seems. The only partition with enough free space at that time was my
USB drive, by the way.

The result is, that if one doesn't have enough free disk space on the system partition,
the installation fails, before the user is allowed to choose a different partition.

Comment 1 dlipin 2008-05-28 19:03:34 UTC

In reality, installer need some extra space not at the system partition, but at the user home directory (in case of 
Windows - it is the same). Yes, we need some space at %USERPROFILE% directory to extract installation data before real 
installation. In fact, that data is deleted after installation.

Comment 2 dlipin 2009-01-11 12:37:57 UTC

*** Issue 156354 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***

Comment 3 dlipin 2010-01-20 14:50:58 UTC

*** Bug 179652 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Jiri Rechtacek 2012-10-07 12:58:31 UTC

Assigned to new owner.