From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Oct 3 20:47:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from linus.highpoint.edu (linus.highpoint.edu [192.154.46.106]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3011937B407 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 20:47:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from zhartley@localhost) by linus.highpoint.edu (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f943kPZ04056 for freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 23:46:25 -0400 Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 23:46:25 -0400 From: Zach Hartley To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How much space Message-ID: <20011003234625.A2102@linus.highpoint.edu> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG References: <009a01c14bfc$b274ded0$9500a8c0@mad> <3BBB4454.E2C30186@acuson.com> <000601c14c86$371ab3b0$0a00000a@johnny2k> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <000601c14c86$371ab3b0$0a00000a@johnny2k>; from j.telford@sympatico.ca on Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 11:39:47PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Also I'm sure it could be done with less space, I usually use at least 3 gigabytes for a graphical installation, with the typical software most users need, plus space for CVSuping. HTH Zach Around Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 11:39:47PM -0400, John thus spake the following: > How much if you want to keep up to date via cvsup ? > > > > Mad wrote: > > > > > > Does FreeBSD take with standard installation? > > > > From the FreeBSD Handbook (online at www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/): > > > > "A minimal installation of FreeBSD takes as little as 100MB of disk > > space. However, that is a very minimal install, leaving almost no space > > for your own files. A more realistic minimum is 250MB without a > > graphical environment, and 350MB or more if you want a graphical user > > interface. If you intend to install a lot of third party software as > > well then you will need more space." > > > > David > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -- Zachary Todd Hartley "Attempted murder. Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry?" --Sideshow Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message