Uninstall/Reinstall leads to NOMAD only seeing tmpfs as the available storage

[odhiambo]

I had a few issues - but which I initially fixed after a long chat with chatgpt. I then decided to just start over afresh so I used the uninstall script, then rebooted my VM.
When I installed again, the webUI was/is telling me that I only have 1.6GB storage. I emptied cache, used other browsers, but the 1.6GB stuck. df -h showed me that the storage details displayed in the webUI correspond to my tmpfs:

root@project-nomad:/home/wash# df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs           1.6G  1.8M  1.6G   1% /run
efivarfs         56K   29K   23K  56% /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
/dev/sda2       117G   12G  100G  11% /
tmpfs           7.9G     0  7.9G   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs           5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
/dev/sda1       1.1G  6.2M  1.1G   1% /boot/efi
tmpfs           1.6G   12K  1.6G   1% /run/user/0
overlay         117G   12G  100G  11% /var/lib/docker/rootfs/overlayfs/1ac8335b107475baaf1378200a00a024615b2c983fa048355666c637832d4a69
overlay         117G   12G  100G  11% /var/lib/docker/rootfs/overlayfs/d4eb1ff4ae6b4fb7157442c155a2a552ddf4e28ae819f1e6ca96da5287830e78
overlay         117G   12G  100G  11% /var/lib/docker/rootfs/overlayfs/4f264afd52d87ce00bc8b72de58430bd1666e16283ef0b258b62d23642109fc1
overlay         117G   12G  100G  11% /var/lib/docker/rootfs/overlayfs/f566f4b5683584f8f9f44fc8ec7cf3b721b86f17b61c4e94570ba818c2368870
overlay         117G   12G  100G  11% /var/lib/docker/rootfs/overlayfs/a9644f073e053a0de1339bbf8a337d1b7f67c424c65b68e80320b0482e4eb391
overlay         117G   12G  100G  11% /var/lib/docker/rootfs/overlayfs/23f23735209fcccfa95289197ce66485cca62892599958a0438d0edfebd42aaa
root@project-nomad:/home/wash#

So after several attempts at uninstall/reboot/install, I have given up on trying to find out what the issue is.

[FrankLeeNunya]

I have the exact same problem. When I initially installed the Website showed 3.1GB. I uninstalled, deleted all partitions, reinstalled and still 3.1GB, matching what is in my tmfps

[odhiambo]

BTW, why does the maps not include continents outside the US? Seems it's only meant for those in the US and not Africans and Europeans, right?

[wired506]

Yeah, I'm getting the same thing. It doesn't seem to limit the amount of what I can install though. I've been installing a lot of the libraries and the storage bar doesn't change at all.

[billybro1999]

I've been killing myself for days trying to figure it out as I've had the same issue using Ubuntu in a VM. I finally fixed it today by reinstalling Ubuntu and using the LVM option in advanced setting during install. Now it sees my full VM storage. Downloading libraries now.

[odhiambo]

Yes, I have tested that and it works.
I wanted to install Ollama and after selection it refuses to install. So I have abandoned ship. Will try LM Studio on this VM.

[chriscrosstalk]

This was a bug in how the disk-collector sidecar detected storage devices. It would sometimes pick up tmpfs or other virtual filesystems instead of the actual disk. This has been fixed in v1.30.0 with a rewrite of the disk-collector.

If you're still seeing this on an older version, updating to the latest release should resolve it.

Regarding maps outside the US: more regions are on the roadmap. You can vote for it at https://roadmap.projectnomad.us.

And to answer the VM question: VMs are not officially supported. NOMAD is designed for bare-metal Linux installs. Some users have gotten it working in VMs, but you may run into issues like this one with disk detection, MySQL/InnoDB problems, or GPU passthrough not working. For the most reliable experience, install directly on the hardware.