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From: jkh@whisker.hubbard.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: NetBSD or FreeBSD? Stability ??
Date: 03 Feb 1994 22:18:04 GMT
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In-reply-to: phar006@wrzx12.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de's message of 3 Feb 1994 14:08:41 GMT

In article <2ir0h9$cme@winx03.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> phar006@wrzx12.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (Thomas Heiling) writes:

   Another question is the required space,
   the FAQ says it uses about 80 MB ( FreeBSD ),
   ( while my LINUX here uses only 50 MB ).
   Sorry for this, but it is *not* clear from the FAQ,
   what the differences are.
   BTW From some Postings I saw, that the FreeBSD 1.1
   should have shared libs, what does this mean for
   space Requirements ??

It should cut space back by around 15MB, bringing you to 65MB total for
a very minimal system.  Note that neither this nor the original total
includes swap space, which you can have a lot or a little of depending
on your configuration.  If you assume a fairly healthy 16MB of swap,
then you can count on everthing fitting VERY TIGHTLY on an 80MB drive!

				Jordan