Hi xboxown,

Drats, i seem unable to post my full reply.

In short:
Full icaros install requires about 6GB. re-install, make sure to format HD (now corrupted filesystem)and make sure _not_ to install all packages, but de-select some during installation. Packages to avoid are development, games and emulators. But maybe you need to omit more.

You can always add things later manually and/or use an sd card for that.

Hmm 6GB is a lot more than 1.5.2 was
Development and games should be avoided.

You can try what magrium said or you can install the light version of icaros as base and add stuff manually from full dvd..

Hi phoenixkonsole:

i had that initially written as well, i'm still trying to figure out why my initial post failed.

the problem with the installer is that it won't warn you when running out of disk space. (at least not in usual way as on other OS' ). so, some obscure dos errors is all you get.

You have to realize that the installer copies the archives to the hd and then extracts them, in most worse conditions requiring twice the amount of free space. hence the approx. 6GB free space required.

It also accounts for the popularity of AspireOS for such machines, leaving out all the unnecessary stuff as you can manually add that what you desire.

That choice was made in older Icaros version, because people complained about slow installation process (HD is usually faster). The idea is still to create a custom installer which would not suffer from forementioned issues and makes smart decisions based on user preferences and available space.

Well, the good news everything is back to normal and I have a full functioning running icaros 2.0 :) I even toke it out the house for the very first time and watched a 30 minute cartoon sitcom while in the bus and I love it :D It is a tiny (albeit heavy) ipad with keyboard :)

Now I am in my launch break and now I am going to watch the cartoon in my launch break!

Hello. I finally resolved all issues that prevented me from replying here (thanks to Amigamia for the kind and polite support). I'm happy you've fixed all your issues in the meanwhile.

And yes, Icaros Desktop Live! requires a vast amount of space, But this is due by the fact that the Live! distribution wants to give user the best and most complete AROS experience he/she could get, no matter of disk space. Even better: the more space is used, the better AROS has come.

If you prefer a slick ditribution with less to no software than the most important one, with selected applications that are better tested and somehow become part of the whole environment, you have to go for Icaros Light version instead. A perfectly usable system in 1 GB of space, but then you'll have to provide software by yourself. It should be easy with AAEDT and, in the incoming future, with Pascal's app store.

I am glad that you enjoy your new mobile AROS station ; )