From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 14 16: 6:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (fac13.ds.psu.edu [146.186.61.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA6C537B416 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:06:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from fac13.ds.psu.edu (localhost.ds.psu.edu [127.0.0.1]) by fac13.ds.psu.edu (8.11.6/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fBF060U79376; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 19:06:00 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu) Message-Id: <200112150006.fBF060U79376@fac13.ds.psu.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: "f.johan.beisser" Cc: burningclown@westhost43.westhost.net, freebsd-questions Subject: Re: 2G enough for a decent system? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:37:41 PST." <20011214133708.K16958-100000@localhost> From: dochawk@psu.edu Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 19:06:00 -0500 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 johan jumped > On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 burningclown@westhost43.westhost.net wrote: > > Anyway, as I become chummier with FreeBSD =AND= as my bank account > > dwindles, I'm considering just jumping in and installing FreeBSD on the > > little guy ... but is 2G enough HD space to have a reasonably good system, > > or do I need to keep hitting those eBay auctions for a roomier drive? > 2gb is fine. you'll just have to avoid having to much kruft. THat's a *lot* of room :) I lived with 1G . . . however, you'll probably want to use packages rather than ports. (or a few selected ports. But you do run out of room fast . . .) hawk -- What part of "non-negotiable" didn't you understand? /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign dochawk@psu.edu Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings. Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message