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From: tron@lyssa.owl.de (Matthias Scheler)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Netbsd in ZIP
Date: 23 May 1997 18:30:22 +0200
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In article <01bc6349$8a8ba020$fee093cf@worldnet.worldnet.att.net>,
	"J.C. Archambeau" <n-xiv@worldnet.att.net> writes:
> A full install of *BSD is on the order of over 500 Mb.

A full install including kernel sources, some userspace and a swap
partition fits on a 120MB harddisk without problems. Even for an
installation with X-Window system you don't need more than about 200MB.

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Matthias Scheler                                http://home.pages.de/~tron/