Re: Hardware donation
On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 06:51:05PM -0400, Bart Trojanowski wrote:
> * Christian T. Steigies <cts@debian.org> [030611 16:21]:
> > > 2) used for automated builds (would require a lot more space)
> >
> > What size is a "modest" harddisk these days?
>
> First off, I would not ask you to spend a fortune on SCSI disks, for
> what we need IDE is definitely enough. The MSI boards currently come
> with ATA/66 and no SCSI, IIRC.
>
> I was thinking in the range of 160GB.
I'd guess we should take what we get, no? 160GB looks way more than
enough for now, at least to me.
> > I just built myself an Athlon
> > box and it has a 120GB (IDE) disk, at least 60GB should be standard with new
> > boxes these days?
>
> > I can tell you all m68k buildds run with a lot less diskspace, between
> > 4 and 10GB typically, maybe some have more.
> and of course working space for the developers. As you commented X is
> a pig when building :)
|Build needed 05:12:44, 2707208k disk space
It's not that bad.
BTW: The partition limit on GNU/Hurd is 2GB - and there is a buildd
running usually, too. Well, at least it pretends to :)
> Anyway, I am not worried about what you are planing to setup... I don't
> think you can purchase a drive small enough to constrain us.
That's what I say :)
cheers,
Michael
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