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From: briggs@puma.bevd.blacksburg.va.us (Allen Briggs)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Some questions about NetBSD/mac68k
Date: 22 Aug 1995 14:34:33 GMT
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In article <415pt2$b9b@Radon.Stanford.EDU>,
Kenneth C. Yue <yue@heron.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
>I don't know if this is the right newsgroup to ask some questions on
>the mac68k port of NetBSD.

Sure.  At least as far as I'm concerned.

>I've read the INSTALL file, and figured that I
>need at least 50MB (binary) + 16MB (swap) + 105MB (source) = 171MB for
>the NetBSD partitions.

You'll probably want to give yourself a bit more space to fool around--
if you can afford to...

>1. Is there a free X Windows implementation to run on NetBSD/mac68k,

Yeah.  There's a monochrome-only port of X11R6.

>2. If I really want to run X Windows on NetBSD/mac68k, how much more
>disk space should I reserve for NetBSD/mac68k in addition to the 171MB
>minimum?

Hmmm.  Good question.  Probably at least another 20MB or so.  Again, give
yourself some extra room if you plan to do much...  For example, gcc
takes about 50MB if you want to do a full compile.  Most software
packages are smaller...  ;-)  (NetBSD/mac68k comes with gcc 2.4.5--like
most of the other NetBSD ports).

>3. If I get greedy and try to use LaTeX on NetBSD/mac68k as well, how
>much more disk space do I need?  Do I wind up using all 365MB and
>leave nothing for the MacOS?

I don't know on this one...

-allen

-- 
Allen Briggs - end killing - allen.briggs@bev.net ** MacBSD == NetBSD/mac68k **
   Where does all my time go?  <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/">Guess.</a>