From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 14 19:47:18 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4755537B41B for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 19:47:16 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 9443 invoked from network); 15 Dec 2001 03:47:14 -0000 Received: from dap-209-166-133-71.nfas.greensburg-tnt-2.sns234.pa.stargate.net (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.133.71) by smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 15 Dec 2001 03:47:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 6874 invoked from network); 15 Dec 2001 03:47:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mother.wastegate.net) (192.168.1.2) by 192.168.1.1 with SMTP; 15 Dec 2001 03:47:11 -0000 From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "dochawk@psu.edu" , "f.johan.beisser" Cc: "burningclown@westhost43.westhost.net" , "freebsd-questions" Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 22:48:01 -0500 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2380) For Windows 98 (4.10.2222) In-Reply-To: <200112150006.fBF060U79376@fac13.ds.psu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: 2G enough for a decent system? Message-Id: <20011215034716.4755537B41B@hub.freebsd.org> 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 Fri, 14 Dec 2001 19:06:00 -0500, dochawk@psu.edu wrote: >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 . . .) i used to run on a 850 megs without any problems, then i stepped upto a 4gig, then now i just switched to a 30gig. :) --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 6E7B 9993 B503 6D45 E33A 2019 26E5 C1DB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message