From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 20 22:14:33 2004 Return-Path: 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 5BB3C16A4CE for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:14:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24F7643D41 for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:14:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from 209-6-197-67.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com ([209.6.197.67] helo=jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) by smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #7) id 1BcAa8-0004eK-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 18:14:32 -0400 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16598.3143.768397.119576@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 18:14:31 -0400 To: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200406202130310201.456FADCF@smtp.xs4all.nl> References: <200406202130310201.456FADCF@smtp.xs4all.nl> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta16) "celeriac" XEmacs Lucid Subject: Partition sizes for small harddisk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:14:33 -0000 eyesonly@xs4all.nl writes: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.10 on an older computer with a 852 > MB hard disk. > According to the handbook, 250 MB should suffice for text mode only. > However, both the "User" and (retried) "Minimal" distributions left > me with no space in /usr > I used the default partitioning (entire disk) and said "No" to the > ports and linux compatibility prompts. First, a question: what do you want this machine to do? 852 MB should be enough. Go with a "Custom" installation, and you'll need to be utterly ruthless about not installing unneeded distribution sets. Once you're up and running: a) compile a custom kernel, and b) change the settings on newsyslog so you don't keep excess files laying around. Robert Huff