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Path: sserve!euryale!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!psgrain!rainrgnews0!not-for-mail From: bmk@everest.dtr.com (Brant Katkansky) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: What is minimun size required for FreeBsd? Date: 7 Aug 1995 06:24:10 -0700 Organization: RGNet Lines: 66 Message-ID: <40545q$34a@everest.dtr.com> References: <3vsafv$4qn@i-2000.com> <3vt69q$mt0@sidhe.hsc-sec.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: dtr.rain.com In article <3vt69q$mt0@sidhe.hsc-sec.fr>, Ollivier Robert <roberto@hsc.fr.net> wrote: >In article <3vsafv$4qn@i-2000.com>, <freyes@i-2000.com> wrote: >> What is the minimun I need to run FreeBsd? > >With or without X11 ? > >/ is typically around 20 MB (to save space for multiple kernels) and /usr >(without X11) is around 45 MB. Add 25 MB for X11R6. It also depends a lot on what you install. When configuring a system that's lacking in available disk, it's critical to carefully plan your filesystem sizes. For example, /usr occupies approx. 48MB - but requires about a 55MB filesystem due to the 10% default free space requirement. Plan accordingly. My general rule of thumb is close to Ollivier's. 20-25MB for /, and 55-60MB for /usr. You would of course need to create an additional filesystem (or size /usr appropriately) for user space. You can get by with a 16MB /, but I absolutely would NOT recommend it. This leaves very little space for expansion in /tmp and /var, not to mention that fact that it would make new kernel installation tricky. > >You'll need swap space, the amount needed is dependent on what you're doing >with the computer. In the RELEASE_NOTES or README you have an indication on >how much space you'll need. > >> How can I save space by using the Live File System? > >Uh ? What's that ? I know of one LFS in FreeBSD nd it is not really in a >working shape for now. It will probably be upgraded with 4.4BSD-lite2 LFS. I believe he's referring to the live filesystem CD that ships with 2.0.5. If that's the case, then I can comment a bit on it as I've used it. You CAN save space using the second 2.0.5 CD (lfs). I experimented with this by using lndir (/cdrom/usr/X11R6/bin/lndir) to link all the files from /cdrom/usr to /usr on my disk. This was after doing a minimal install. I wouldn't recommend running with this configuration unless you have a fast CDROM drive, or unless you have lots of spare time. I have neither. :) I suppose that leaving only rarely-used stuff on the CD is an option. > >> I just need a temporary setup until next month when >> I am planning to buy an external 730MB SCSI drive. > >You can do many things with that space. Entire source tree is about 135 MB >and 60-70 MB or for .o and binaries in /usr/obj. It is better to have >/usr/src and /usr/obj separated from /usr though. Yup. In fact, one of the first things I do after completing the installation is make mount points for /usr/local, /usr/src, and /usr/obj, and link /usr/tmp to /var/tmp (a few packages seem to want to create temp files in /usr/tmp for some reason). I then remount /usr read-only and never worry about it again. -- bmk@dtr.com