Re: Size of FreeBSD

2005-03-10 Thread W. D.
At 12:38 3/10/2005, Mark Goodell wrote: >THank you Philip, Jerry, Kris: > >(Actually, I went back and forth through the website >literature trying to figure this out, and finally gave >up. It may be that the question itself treads on an >issue that no longer is challenged - the size of OS >install

Re: Size of FreeBSD

2005-03-10 Thread Mark Goodell
THank you Philip, Jerry, Kris: (Actually, I went back and forth through the website literature trying to figure this out, and finally gave up. It may be that the question itself treads on an issue that no longer is challenged - the size of OS installations. I'm frustrated that they have to be so

Re: Size of FreeBSD

2005-03-08 Thread David Kelly
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 03:42:29PM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > Back in the days of ~4.5 I was able to install a stripped down > > version in about 76MB. I think the last time I tried sometime > > around 5.0 to do this it was up to about 90MB > > That's a really stripped down installat

Re: Size of FreeBSD

2005-03-08 Thread Ean Kingston
> On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 11:04:11AM -0800, Mark Goodell wrote: >> Could you please tell me how big FreeBSD is, in terms >> of both (1) the bare minimum needed to run >> applications and (2) the typical installation. How >> many 1.44MB diskettes, for example. > > Isn't this information available

Re: Size of FreeBSD

2005-03-08 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > >On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 11:04:11AM -0800, Mark Goodell wrote: > > > >>Could you please tell me how big FreeBSD is, in terms > >>of both (1) the bare minimum needed to run > >>applications and (2) the typical installation. How > >>many 1.44MB diskettes, for example.

Re: Size of FreeBSD

2005-03-08 Thread John Pettitt
Mark Goodell wrote: >Could you please tell me how big FreeBSD is, in terms >of both (1) the bare minimum needed to run >applications and (2) the typical installation. How >many 1.44MB diskettes, for example. > >The point of my interest has to do with an old concern >about how the OS's (Micros

Re: Size of FreeBSD

2005-03-08 Thread Philip M. Gollucci
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 11:04:11AM -0800, Mark Goodell wrote: Could you please tell me how big FreeBSD is, in terms of both (1) the bare minimum needed to run applications and (2) the typical installation. How many 1.44MB diskettes, for example. Isn't this informatio

Re: Size of FreeBSD

2005-03-08 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 11:04:11AM -0800, Mark Goodell wrote: > Could you please tell me how big FreeBSD is, in terms > of both (1) the bare minimum needed to run > applications and (2) the typical installation. How > many 1.44MB diskettes, for example. Isn't this information available on the w

Size of FreeBSD

2005-03-08 Thread Mark Goodell
Could you please tell me how big FreeBSD is, in terms of both (1) the bare minimum needed to run applications and (2) the typical installation. How many 1.44MB diskettes, for example. The point of my interest has to do with an old concern about how the OS's (Microsoft's especially) have become