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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!news-xfer.netaxs.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!raven.eva.net!bighorn.accessnv.com!jca From: jca@bighorn.accessnv.com (J.C. Archambeau) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Q: How much HDD space for FreeBSD? Date: 22 Jan 1997 19:21:38 GMT Organization: Access Nevada Inc. Lines: 39 Message-ID: <5c5pc2$7ms@raven.eva.net> References: <5c45kr$nju@math.amu.edu.pl> NNTP-Posting-Host: bighorn.accessnv.com Cc: pteczyn@hum.amu.edu.pl X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34432 Piotr Teczynski (pteczyn@hum.amu.edu.pl) wrote: : I consider buying FreeBSD (I've got Yggdrasil Linux now). I'd like to : mount gcc/g++, Emacs, X Window, PPP and/or SLIP, elm and tin, but I've : got 120MB HDD only. I've looked at both FreeBSD and Walnut Creek : sites, but I couldn't find how much space I need for my requirement. : All I found is that minimal configuration eats 60MB. But what I get? : How much space do I *really* need? Thx for advice and help. A 120 Mb isn't going to cut it for that. 120 Mb would be fine for a specialized application such as a router, mail server or firewall. The bottom line with any Unix based OS with respect to disk space is be as generous as possible. To do a full install you're going to need a hard drive > 1 Gb (just for the FreeBSD partition) if you're going to do any sort of development plus any sort of server configuration. What gulps down much of the space are the sources. If you ever intend to do a 'make world' you are going to need the space. Since you are running a newsreader, unless you are going to be an NNTP client, you are going to need space for your newsgroups as well. Add another Gb on top of that for a small feed of a few hundred groups. Usenet easily gets over a Gb of traffic daily, especially with the spam. It use to be that I could get by with a full install of an older Linux with half a my 636 Mb SCSI, but no more. In the near future, I will be either buying a Fujitsu 2 Gb F/W SCSI 2 or a Quantum 3.2 Mb Ultra (Fast 20) SCSI drive for my system just for FreeBSD. Considering the price of > 1 Gb drives has gone down and the low end capacity for SCSI hard drives is 2 Gb at about the $375 price range, there is no reason, IMO that you can't upgrade your storage system unless you are a struggling student on a tight budget. -- /* | Spam violation - e-mail dumped... ** Internet: jca@accessnv.com | Don't blame me, I didn't vote for Clinton. ** jca@anv.net | Intel is the word for 'errata.' */