RE: Minimum HD space
@_@ Wow!
That was overwealming, and I thank you for your advice.
I think I'll print this email and keep it for reference once I get the CDs.
Thanks Heather!
...In Accordance With The Prophecy.
Happy Hacking, Bright Blessings and Gentle Breezes!
-*/ -= )O( Jay )O( =- /*-
~-----Original Message-----
~From: Heather Stern [mailto:star@starshine.org]
~Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 10:03 AM
~To: Dave Price
~Cc: Jay; debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
~Subject: Re: Minimum HD space
~
~
~On Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 04:04:11PM -0600, Dave Price wrote:
~> On Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 08:31:12AM -0700, Jay wrote:
~> > I'm about to get my own copy of debian potato and so far I
~wish to install
~> > it on my laptop along with Win98, so I want to know what
~is the bare min. HD
~> > space required to do an install; so far I have freed<sp>
~up 600 Mb, is that
~> > enough? This is so I can learn about debian and Linux for
~now. I shall
~> > eventually nuke win98 once I'm convinced.
~>
~> 600mb is plenty for a minimal system - if you are going to
~use gnome or
~> kde, it will get a bit tight tho.
~>
~> aloha,
~> dave
~
~But just for comparison I have a pretty much droppable-in kit of woody
~that's 150 MB - meaning, I like to put it in 200 MB "shaved
~off the end"
~partitions - which is not GUI on its own, but enough to run a laptop
~comfortably otherwise.
~
~Install one of the curses front ends for apt (such as aptitude) and it
~will tell you how much space a package will use when it installs.
<SNIP>
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