From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 25 02:08:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA03687 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 25 Apr 1997 02:08:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iceberg.anchorage.net. (root@iceberg.anchorage.net [207.14.72.150]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id CAA03674 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 1997 02:08:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aak.anchorage.net (ai-129 [207.14.72.129]) by iceberg.anchorage.net. (8.6.11/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA11715; Fri, 25 Apr 1997 00:04:33 -0800 Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 00:58:15 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe X-Sender: abc@aak.anchorage.net To: Alpha Sarmian cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Space req'd for DOS part. install. In-Reply-To: <199704250822.QAA09989@wisteria.singnet.com.sg> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Alpha Sarmian wrote: > Hi, because my target PC has no CD-ROM, I intend to install FreeBSD 2.2 > using DOS partition (directory) after I copy the CD-ROM's contents to disk > via fastwire from another PC. > > How much disk space do I need for this installation partition (directory)? > > I haven't received my CD-ROM yet so I cannot see the size of its contents. > > Thanks! i think the minimun is 40 - 50, you may want 100M or more for full installations ... depends on how many ports/packages you want. the boot floppy used to (may still) have the install space requirments listed next to each type of installation ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x ------------------------------------------------------------------------------