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#! rnews 1104 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!sierra.net!imci5!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.leonardo.net!usenet From: johns@isle.net (John Scharles) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Disk space requirements for FreeBSD Date: Wed, 01 May 1996 15:30:19 GMT Organization: Leonardo Internet Lines: 10 Message-ID: <31878386.4341773@news.isle.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.140.227.225 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99d/32.182 I'm trying to get some idea of the disk space required for various installs of FreeBSD.....everything from a minimal to a full blown bells, whistles, xfree86 install. Haven't found anything in the faqs that I can use as a guideline. It'd be nice to get some idea of how much space I'll need before I start to install the OS! Also are there any known problems using the newer, large ide drives (specifically the quantum at1280 fireball) with FreeBSD. John