Hello all,
I downloaded VMware WorkStation 15 Player in order to run the latest Linux Mint. At first, I used VMware Workstation Pro with no problems, but then I saw Workstation Player was free, so I uninstalled Workstation Pro and installed Player. It is on Windows 10, 64-bit operating system, running on a home laptop. It was able to boot up Mint, so before I set it up, I decided to run the update.
I first setup new locations for fast delivery, and proceeded. I then saw what I needed, and downloaded the packages. It began to install them, but a problem came up.
A box opens and says: "An error occurred
The following details are provided:
E:/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-rnlJIG/...(extra text not copied): cannot copy extracted data for './usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libLLVM-9' to '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/(extra text not copied)': failed to write (No space left on device)
E:/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-rnlJIG/(extra text not copied): unable to make backup link of './usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/kms_swrast_dri.so' before installing new version: No space left on device"
Soon after a second window opens with the following:"
Low Disk Space
This computer has 0 bytes disk space remaining."
At the bottom of the box are 2 buttons, Examine and Ignore. I close it, and have no numeric codes given to me.
There are 2 partitions this laptop came with, C:\ with 54.5 GB free, and D:\ with 23.6 GB of free space. I have VMware Workstation 15 Player installed on C:\ and the Mint ISO file on D:\.
So I have the space it says it needs. I am confused. What do I need to do to overcome this problem?
Hello all,
Turns out, I think it was a Linux Mint issue, because the root folder was "\cow" instead of being "\sda1". I have no idea how or why it was that way, I just pointed Player to Mint's ISO file. Someone suggested that I try Ubuntu instead, so I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 19.10. No problems so far. It takes longer to load, and there are some quirks, but I just need to read up on using it now. Thank you. I'll try to read up on the Mint problem later.
What size is the virtual disk you gave to the VM? Sounds like it is full.
Be careful, I am somewhat a newbie here. I've worked with Linux in the past, but not much VMware experience.
I looked it up in VMware Workstation 15 Player. I opened it up, clicked on Mint, and chose "Edit virtual machine settings".
Memory, which I assume to be the RAM, is 2 GB. The hard disk (says SCSI in parenthesis) is set to 30 GB.
I also have this from Mint:
mint@mint:$ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: mint Kernel: 5.0.0-32-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.4.0 Desktop :Cinnamon 4.4.5
Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic
Machine: Type: Vmware System: VMware product: VMware Virtual Platform v: N/A serial: <filter>
Mobo: Intel model: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform serial: <filter> BIOS: Phoenix v: 6.00 date: 07/29/2019
CPU: Topology: Single Core model: Intel Core i5-7300HQ bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Kaby Lake rev 9 L2 cache: 6144 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse3 bogomips: 4992
Speed: 2496 min/max: N/A Core speed (Mhz): 1: 2496
Graphics: Device-1: VMware SVGA II Adapter driver: vmwgfx v: 2.15.0.0 bus ID: 00:0f.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver vmware unloaded: fdev, modesetting, vesa resolution: 1280x800~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: SVGA3D; build v: 3.3 Mesa 19.0.8 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Ensoniq ES1371/ES11373 / Creative Labs CT2518 driver: snd_ens1371 v: kernel bus ID: 02:02.0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.0.0-32-generic
Network Device-1: Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PII4 ACPI vendor: VMware Virtual Machine type: network bridge driver: N/A port 1060
bus ID: 00:07.3
Device-2: Intel 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet vendor: VMware PRO/1000 MT Single Port driver: e1000 v: 7.3.21-k8-NAPI
port: 2000 bus ID: 02:01.0
IF: ens33 state: up speed:1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drivers: Local Storage: total: 30.00 GiB used: 151.2 Mib (0.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: VMware model: Virtual S size: 30.00 GiB
Partition: ID-1: /size: 983.0 MiB used: 151.2 MiB (15.4%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102
Sensors: Message: No sensor data was found. Is sensor configured?
Info: Processors: 232 Uptime: 48m Memory: 1.92 GiB used: 654.4 MiB (33.3%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.4.0
Shell: bash v: 4.4.20 inixi: 3.0.32
I do hope this helps. Like I said, I was able to work fine using Workstation Pro, but I don't have $250 to spend, hence my switch to Workstation Player. And thank you, I appreciate whatever help you provide.
I also did a df -m in Mint and got the following:
mint@mint:~$ df -m
Filesystem 1M-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
undev 960 0 960 0% /dev
tmpfs 197 2 196 1% /run
/dev/sr0 1943 1943 0 100% /cdrom
/dev/loop0 1859 1859 0 100% /rofs
/cow 983 58 926 6% /
tmpfs 983 0 983 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5 1 5 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 983 0 983 0% /svs/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 983 1 983 1% /tmp
tmpfs 197 1 197 1% /run/user/999
mint@mint:~$
I can already see "/dev/sr0" mounted on /cdrom and "dev/loop0" mounted on rofs are at 100%. What do I do next? And thanks.
Here is more:
mint@mint:~$ df -m .
Filesystem 1M-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/cow 983 58 926 6% /
mint@mint:~$
Thanks.
So your "/" (root) filesystem has plenty of space free, it might be your /tmp partition that becomes full when you start the upgrade.
From what you've said so far, I don't think this is a VMware-specific issue.
Post your issue on here and see what others say: Linux Mint Forums - Index page
Hello all,
Turns out, I think it was a Linux Mint issue, because the root folder was "\cow" instead of being "\sda1". I have no idea how or why it was that way, I just pointed Player to Mint's ISO file. Someone suggested that I try Ubuntu instead, so I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 19.10. No problems so far. It takes longer to load, and there are some quirks, but I just need to read up on using it now. Thank you. I'll try to read up on the Mint problem later.
Moderator: Moved to the Linux guest OS area as the issue was unrelated to a VMware product.