NCSoft Launcher: not enough disk space?
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Posted on: 2011-08-17 21:09 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Update: I copied over the beta files from another machine... and still the stupid launcher says not enough disk space!?
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Okay, not sure how the updater downloads, but it MAY be that it dumps all the update files to a single "scratch" file while downloading. If so, it's possible that said file exceeds maximum file size for FAT32. Any way to convert to NTFS and try again?
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Originally Posted by Lobster
I'm trying to install the subscriber beta on another machine.
The drive has 90+ gigs available. Yet the install stops after a few seconds and says: "There is not enough space on the disk." Yeah. Awesome. Anyone know how to fix this? The drive is Fat32... I saw that some other NCsoft Launcher install games had issues there - file size too large maybe? |
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FAT32 has a maximum file size of 4GB (32bits, funny that). Since the Beta downloads a 6GB file, I think I see the problem.
You will probably have better luck installing the beta on one machine and copy the beta folder, launcher shortcuts and then run a repair.
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It downloads all 6gb as a SINGLE FILE? That's...the hell? How is it supposed to install on Fat32 systems then?|
Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Okay, not sure how the updater downloads, but it MAY be that it dumps all the update files to a single "scratch" file while downloading. If so, it's possible that said file exceeds maximum file size for FAT32. Any way to convert to NTFS and try again?
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Unfortunately the laptop in question needs to have a Fat32 drive for access from a boot disk & other random junk.
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Originally Posted by Father Xmas
FAT32 has a maximum file size of 4GB (32bits, funny that). Since the Beta downloads a 6GB file, I think I see the problem.
You will probably have better luck installing the beta on one machine and copy the beta folder, launcher shortcuts and then run a repair. |
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In short, it isn't. FAT32 has been a deprecated filesystem for system hard drives for approximately 10 years now (since the advent of Windows XP).|
Originally Posted by Lobster
It downloads all 6gb as a SINGLE FILE? That's...the hell? How is it supposed to install on Fat32 systems then?
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| Unfortunately the laptop in question needs to have a Fat32 drive for access from a boot disk & other random junk. |
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Does the game explicitly state it no longer supports Fat32? I have it running on plenty of Fat32 drives... I guess if it can get it in, it works but otherwise you can't get it in?|
Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
In short, it isn't. FAT32 has been a deprecated filesystem for system hard drives for approximately 10 years now (since the advent of Windows XP).
If you don't mind my asking, why, specifically? Are you running Win98/ME? |
Work-issue laptop. We use the FAT32 partition for some boot up/backup/recovery stuff that I haven't had time to find a boot cd setup that supports our nics and ntfs blah blah old system blah blah overworked 2 people doing the work of 4 blah blah economy blah.
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Have you had it working for a clean install since the advent of the new launcher?|
Originally Posted by Lobster
Does the game explicitly state it no longer supports Fat32? I have it running on plenty of Fat32 drives... I guess if it can get it in, it works but otherwise you can't get it in?
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| Work-issue laptop. We use the FAT32 partition for some boot up/backup/recovery stuff that I haven't had time to find a boot cd setup that supports our nics and ntfs blah blah old system blah blah overworked 2 people doing the work of 4 blah blah economy blah. |
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I believe when they mentioned officially dropping Win98/98SE support.|
Originally Posted by Lobster
Does the game explicitly state it no longer supports Fat32? I have it running on plenty of Fat32 drives... I guess if it can get it in, it works but otherwise you can't get it in?
Work-issue laptop. We use the FAT32 partition for some boot up/backup/recovery stuff that I haven't had time to find a boot cd setup that supports our nics and ntfs blah blah old system blah blah overworked 2 people doing the work of 4 blah blah economy blah. |
Might not of been explicitly stated, but I do not recall FAT32 ever being explicitly supported either.
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No, I have not done a single clean install from the launcher... I have it up and running on 5 separate machines from pre-launcher days (XP, Vista, W732pro, W764home x2). |
Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Have you had it working for a clean install since the advent of the new launcher?
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The IT boss in me says that I have to take the laptop home for a couple days to be on call while I'm not in the office so I might as well do something else with it.
I don't mind if I can't get it working (the normal game runs fine, just can't get the beta up), as I won't need to have this machine at home much after this period, but I hadn't encountered this situation so wanted to know what's up.
A much better error message would be: "File too large for Fat32. We no longer support Fat32." Or something...
Plus, I suppose I have a personal attachment to Fat32. I have a fat32 backup drive on all my machines so I can get to it via really old school, super simple stuff if needed. That drive generally happens to be the drive I run my games off of... because it's one of the ones that doesn't get wiped in a system reformat, etc.
Then again, I have most stuff backed up to the NAS now... Still, I don't have time to redo everything!
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Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
I believe when they mentioned officially dropping Win98/98SE support.
Might not of been explicitly stated, but I do not recall FAT32 ever being explicitly supported either. |
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You might be able to do a 'Repair' to get all of the files individually instead of the large initial install patch.
If the Launcher won't let you do a 'Repair', shut it down, create the C:\Program Files\NCsoft\City of Heroes folder and then put a version.ini file there with:
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and then fire up the Launcher and have it do a repair.
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I'm trying to install the subscriber beta on another machine [W7Pro-32 bit].
The drive has 90+ gigs available. Yet the install stops after a few seconds and says: "There is not enough space on the disk."
Yeah. Awesome. Anyone know how to fix this?
The drive is Fat32... I saw that some other NCsoft Launcher install games had issues there - file size too large maybe?
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