From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 9 19:25:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4AA516A412 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 19:25:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.192.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B826843D86 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 19:25:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from [208.206.151.59] (host59.gtisd.com?[208.206.151.59]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <20061009192538m1300legeoe>; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 19:25:38 +0000 Message-ID: <452AA231.8060007@computer.org> Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:25:37 -0500 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061005) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: free bsd References: <20061009170012.5685.qmail@web58614.mail.re3.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20061009170012.5685.qmail@web58614.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: minimum requirements X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:25:50 -0000 On 10/09/06 12:00, free bsd wrote: > Thank you everyone for responding to my initial question. > > In hindsight I realize I worded my original inquiry inaccurately. What I am attempting to determine is how well or if ver 6.1 will work on a 4GB hard drive with a Pentium 4 - 3.06GHz cpu and 1GB ram? The machine has a 232GB hard drive but I have another 4GB drive sitting around being unused that I was thinking of adding to the machine to configure in a dual boot setup with the 4GB drive being totally allocated to FreeBSD. Well, as everyone has stated... It depends on what you are doing with the machine. I have a 512MB USB device running 5.3-RELEASE, Xorg, Fluxbox, nessus, nmap, firefox, and a few other tidbits (no ports tree). Its darn slow off USB, but it works. So yeah, 4GB is sufficient... for some amount of functionality. If *I* wanted to use a machine, say for a desktop, I'd want no less than 20GB. I have a 20GB disk for a machine, yet I ran out of space while trying to set it up the way I wanted. I had most things setup, then tried to compile OO. I fell back to the package though. Either way, everyones point is... It depends. But I think most would say to have a truly useful Desktop, 4GB is a bit slim. My vote... 20GB+ HTH. > > However, before attempting that task I am trying to determine whether or not it would be even feasible to use a 4GB drive to install v 6.1 or should I use a larger drive to install the many of FreeBSD's features? And if a larger drive how large of a drive would I need to utilize many or any of its features without limiting myself to a bare bones setup? Additionally, if the 4GB drive will work how limited would the install/capabilities/features be? > > I am not at all opposed to using a larger drive but at the present time do not have a clue as to what size drive I should use for the most flexibility regarding type of installation options. > > -art > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >