From: root@umibox.hanse.de (Bernd Meyer) Subject: Re: How big a HD for Linux box? Date: Sun, 30 May 1993 20:06:51 GMT
dudek@acsu.buffalo.edu (The Cybard) writes:
>chuckm@canada.hp.com (Chuck Munro) writes:
>The thing to keep in mind is, most people who use DOS/Windoze need very
>little FREE disk space. Most of the disk-space is used for files and
>programs. With Linux, you need lots of free disk space for temp files for
>compiling programs etc. in addition to all the files and programs that will
>reside on the disk.
BUT - you don't really need THAT much space for linux. My linux partition is
225Megs, of which currently 56M are filled with .tar.z-files for download by
users and 13M with news. Also, I've 48M free. This means I've only used
110MB for something a site without a modem would need. In fact, even less,
as my users use some space, the newsreader and mail-programs take some
space.......
I have installed close to everything I could get hold of, but have
also tried to keep everything small. For example, checking the whole disk
for unstripped executables gave me back some Megs, removing /etc/wtmp from
time to time keeps you out of trouble.
I recently compiled gcc2.4.1 and emacs 19.9 as well as ghostscript 2.6
myself, without getting into any trouble (except because the install target
of emacs 19.9 was somehow broken and copied the whole source around :-).
So, a HD in the range of 200MB is definitly enough for linux if you don't
want to do fancy things like having files for download, or reading news and
keeping them for weeks.
Bernie
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