🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:11:38 -0700, "goPostal"
<agutgopostal@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"chris" <c@b.a> wrote in message 
>news:JIcRi.298$CN4.197@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> Folk wrote:
>>> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:01:50 -0400, Jim <Jim@no.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Folk wrote on 10/15/2007 1:54 PM:
>>>>> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:09:58 -0400, Jim <Jim@no.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I only have 2GB left on my C Drive so I choose to install on D, which 
>>>>>> has 20GB left.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, the Aegis stuff still loads on C. How do I change that since 
>>>>>> it is taking up all the space on C.
>>>>> You're screwed.  I also chose to install to a non-standard location
>>>>> but still ended up with the Ageia stuff in C:\Program Files.  But on
>>>>> my install it's "only" taking up 98 MB.
>>>>>
>>>>> You should also note that it puts the .ini files, screenshots and
>>>>> other detritus in your 'My Documents' folder.  The .ini files and what
>>>>> have you are no problem, but the screenshots can add up pretty quick;
>>>>> especially if like me you frequently hit the F9 key accidentally. Plus
>>>>> demos are destined to go in the same place, so I assume any demorecs
>>>>> you do will also go there.  But don't blame Epic.  Thank Microsoft and
>>>>> Vista for this nonsense...
>>>>>
>>>> 98MB? That Aegis stuff sucks up 2GBB in no time. Actually, UT doesnt 
>>>> even start to install when I run out of space.
>>>
>>> Then there's something wrong.  No way a physics engine is going to use
>>> 2GB on install.  The entire demo is using only 1GB.
>>
>> FWIW I had exactly the same problems as the OP. To begin with I had about 
>> 980Mb free on C: ad the install dies saying there's only ~400M free. I 
>> have my page file on a non-C: partition and installing to yet another 
>> partition.
>>
>> The only solution for me was to clean up the C: partition until there was 
>> ~2B free. After the install completes there's still over 1G available - so 
>> I assume there must be temp files that are needed initially which are 
>> deleted after it's finished.
>>
>> HTH
>> Chris.
>
>Probably three areas actually needed:
>1-the downloaded, packed demo .exe
>2-the unpacked demo .exe (to be deleted automatically after install)
>3-the actual installed game files
>
>I can see why over 2GB is needed now. 

Yep.  That would explain it.