JDK-4406594 : JSDK won't install if C: has > 10Gig free space ( > 8 Gb on some systems)
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: install
  • Sub-Component: install
  • Affected Version: 1.3.0,1.3.1,1.3.1_01,1.4.0
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
  • OS: windows_98,windows_nt,windows_2000
  • CPU: x86
  • Submitted: 2001-01-21
  • Updated: 2001-09-07
  • Resolved: 2001-09-07
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JDK-4362393 - Setup failure on Win2K machines > 4 GB memory
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Description

Name: boT120536			Date: 01/21/2001


Not applicable

Running the java SDK inataller (v1.3.0) on an NT4 machine produced an error
message stating there was not enough free space on the disk, please free up
(can't remember how much) and try again.

Looking in the NT explorer showed that drive C had just over 10 Gig free.
Creating some large dummy files to reduce the free disk space to 7 Gig allowed
the installer to run successfully.

Looks like an overflow in the free space check to me.

Please note, I do not expect a reply - this is just for your information.
(Review ID: 115236) 
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Name: yyT116575			Date: 05/24/2001


java -version none

Double-clicked the install for jdk 1.3.1, and got the following message:

Java 2 SDK <in title bar>
There is not enough space on drive c:\ to extract this package.
Please free up 35.75 MB and click Retry.

I have 52.0 GB free on C:(Review ID: 124998)
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Name: krC82822			Date: 05/29/2001


I have 8GB free on c:\ but whenever I try to install the SDK it says "Out of
disk space, free 35.75MB and click on retry to continue installation".
Obviously, it has an issue with the way it reads available disk space.
(Review ID: 125218)
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Comments
WORK AROUND Name: boT120536 Date: 01/21/2001 Creating some large dummy files to reduce the free disk space to 7 Gig allowed the installer to run successfully. ====================================================================== Name: krC82822 Date: 05/29/2001 Stop installation, drop available space to <8GB, restart installation. It worked for me with 7.7GB available. (Review ID: 125218) ======================================================================
11-06-2004
EVALUATION I believe this bug is present on all win32 platforms. See also bugs 4415692, 4362393 and 4400299 william.harnois@East 2001-05-22 I've tried to reproduce this on Win2k for our jre131fcs.exe with 4GB, 4.3GB, 7GB, and 8GB of free space on the C: drive. Unfortunately I did not see the error message. Clearly this is a package for the web problem. Even if we could reproduce it is not something we could fix, because it is install shield specific. Hopefully, with our upgrade to Package for the Web 3.0 for Merlin beta3, this problem won't occur anymore. I did not see anything about this bug or a fix at install shield's support web site. However, I read the following line in the Package for the Web 3.0 release notes: Fix - Free disk space check works correctly Previously, the disk space check would fail if disk space less than the size of the package was available. It appears that they have changed the disk space check code, so hopefully this problem got fixed. I am closing this as not reproducible. ###@###.### 2001-09-07 This is fixed in Merlin beta3 and subsequent releases. At this point, 1.3 releases may still run into this problem. We may merge this fix back to 1.3 releases in the near future. ###@###.### 2001-12-03
03-12-2001