Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 10:08:54 -0800 From: Eric Melville <eric@FreeBSD.org> To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: How big a HD? (automatic settings) Message-ID: <20021116100854.A12485@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20021113004319.86099.qmail@web13409.mail.yahoo.com>; from giffunip@yahoo.com on Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 01:43:19AM %2B0100 References: <20021113004319.86099.qmail@web13409.mail.yahoo.com>
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> After some advocacy effort, I convinced a friend to try > FreeBSD and I handed him some old 3.4 CDs I had. He > attempted to install it on a 600M HD with the surprise that > the auto settings in sysinstall didn't leave him sufficient > space on the /usr partition. He was somewhat surprised as > the CD box actually suggested that much less space was > required. He downloaded a 5.0 ISO and found the same > problem. > > My question is; how much disk space is required to install > FreeBSD nowadays?? This is a known problem. Unfortunately I don't think it will ever get fixed because it's an issue where everyone likes to fight about their way being best. I would expect the disk in question to be enough if the partitions were sized by hand after looking at an installed system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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