On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:
> A minimal 6.2 install amounts to about 120MB (no categories selected at all,
> but no packages deleted). Just adding a few packages (smb-client, and some
> TCP/IP tools) will use about 150MB. You could run a firewall from a 250MB hd,
> but if you want to install gcc and libs as well this will probably not
> suffice, because you probably also want some swap space, and the installation
> requires more space than the final system.
> Of course you could strip down the system by hand, but I think the effort is
> not worth the cost of a 500MB hd. Unless you see it as an exercis of course.
> Anyway, running a development system on a 20MB hd is out of the question.
>
> Bye,
>
> Leonard.
>
Just as a side note - you can run a firewall, web server, and sendmail
will less the 150M - I have one running that is using 96M, and I could
strip it down more. (The mail doesn't get stored on this machine.)
Mikkel
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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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