From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 12 21:43:42 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from andrsn.stanford.edu (andrsn.Stanford.EDU [171.66.112.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 804DA37B416 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:43:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (andrsn@localhost.stanford.edu [127.0.0.1]) by andrsn.stanford.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA02728; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:37:56 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:37:56 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson To: Steve Gatt Cc: jan@caustic.org, matt@gsicomp.on.ca, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.5 Installation - Disk Space In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Steve Gatt wrote: > Hello, > > First I would like to thank both of you for your prompt reply. I am still > unsure as to what I should do. My main purpose in setting up this machine > (P100 16MB 2GB) is to have an experimental computer which I can use to try > things out and to have the computer be useful before it really goes > obsolete. I do wish to have a working Unix system for now, and although the > FreeBSD 2.1.5 is from August 1996, I had the CD pack brought to me and never > installed it since then (pity). I have a couple of Linux distributions from > 1996 and Suse Linux from 1999, but I would like to try out the BSD. I was > afraid that a more modern version would need even more disk area. The > computer I use daily has a larger disk which I am not using fully, but it > has many files I would like to go over or save somewhere (CD) that are > taking up space, and it will be some time before I can free up that space. > > Yes, five years is a long development time, and I would want to install the > latest version, but I want to also install and give my primary effort to > Windows NT Server 4.0 (yes, another old OS) since it is still widely used > and forms the basis for 2000, and still have Windows 95 for general purpose > use. Too much in too little space, but I have no other hardware to spare, > but that might change in a few months. I wonder if I should wait until > then, then set up FreeBSD 4.x. > > So I gather I would have to add up the 200 MB for / and the 200 for /var > which makes about 450 MB with swap. Less than 1GB but more than I wish to > give up. I have looked in Hardware.txt, but found no mention of my > hardware. Yes, I guess using those outdated software is scary. > > I also have a 3Com Combo 10 Mbps NIC (UTP, BNC & AUI) but it's not easy to > find now, and I don't know the exact hardware. So version 4.3 would need > 250 MB for binaries and X, 50 for swap, and some room to grow. And this > should not be much different for any 4.x I would think, all of which should > run fine on a 16MB P100 as you point out. > > So the 340 MB stated on the back of the 2.1.5 CD pack for a development > system, which must be the binaries, X, and GCC, plus 48 or so swap, plus a > bit of growth room, looks like the minimum any way I look at it and that > looks like 400+ MB. So I am thinking that I should install FreeBSD in > another system, or see if I can replace the disk in this system or add > another one. > > (Mind boggling how much code programmers are able to generate, and keep > track of.) > > Steve In 400MB or so you can install everything you need including X 3.3.6, which is the version on the 4.x-installation CD-ROM. If you have less than 600MB allowed for FreeBSD, just use swap and one file system, /. If more allow 100MB for /, /var at 60MB (since you're not running a mail server etc. for a lot of people), swap, and the rest for /usr. Annelise > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message