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  1. Bug #775124
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 775124

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MarkJ (marker) wrote : Re: 11.04 requires 4.4GB to install on netbook with 4GB SSD

Actually that idea was thanks to Nathan, see (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/772164). I don't mean to take credit for it.

Arturo, excellent idea. I just installed it in a VM, so I could see the peak disk space used based on the size of my .vdi file. On the disk, the base install of ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso only takes up 2.2GB, but the .vdi file is 2.6GB (2708508672 bytes), so that was its peak for a base install, no extra packages.

I just think its awful for the UI to enforce an arbitrary (and artificially high) limit. The UI says "for best results, have 4.4GB, a connection to the internet, and be plugged into power" (see attached screenshot above), when actually you are completely hindered from proceeding.