Re: OT: how much disk space for linux + windows
>
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 07:34:18PM +0200, mw wrote:
> > Hello List.
> >
> > I am trying to buy a used laptop on ebay next time, but there's one
>
> > question i'm quite unsure yet.
> > I would like to install both linux (debian ) and windows ( probably
> 2000 )
> > because i want to use it for networking exercises with my good old
> desktop
> > box here.
> > I wonder how much disk space i will need.
> > I remember someone recommended to give win2000 about 10 GB.
> > But I would not need word or excell or such office stuff.
> (...)
>
>
> Bob Hilliard (Samstag, 7. Dezember 2002 13:52 ) :
> > Shawn Lamson <madzimambo@yahoo.com> writes:
> > > I just put in a new HD (80Gigs of which only 32G are used
> currently
> > > b/c<br> my bios is old) and I put Win2k on the first 15 Gigs;
> then a Lin
> > > Swap<br> drive of 512Megs; then my Debian install of Sarge on
> various
> > > partitions<br>
--- mw <Michael.Wordehoff@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Hello Bob !
>
> Thank you and also Hubert, Jan, Jonathan, Shawn for your answers !
> I suppose this is a late reply on my request to debian-laptop from
> Oct 22 ?:
>
>
> Different people agreed that one would need not more than about 6 to
> max. 12
> GB for running both Win2000 and Linux, depending on what will be
> installed,
> and the smallest without too much user-data, i suppose.
>
> Now I've just installed Debian Woody 3.0 with KDE and GNOME and
> Enlightment (
> activated in 2 user-accounts ), and a lot of net-stuff, and
> Documentation
> like info2www and dwww with apache. This uses about 1,5 GB by now.
> /var is on a 500 MB extra-partition ( I will install wwwoffle soon,
> which may
> fill up its cache in /var up to more than 200 MB ).
> I used to install both OpenOffice and Staroffice in /opt which makes
> together
> about 400 MB.
> ( Someday maybe stuff like GIS or a Java-RE, but I didn't consider
> yet.)
> Pictures and docs will be stored on a exchange-partition, which i
> count to
> neither linux nor win here.
> So, in the end my configuration will need about 2 GB for the
> 'personal'
> system-installation + 500 MB /var, + 500 MB /tmp, + 500 MB swap
> which makes in summary about 3,5 GB for Linux, without any
> exchange-data.
>
> For Win2000 i provided 3 GB, since i will use it rather extensivley.
>
> The exchange-partition is 500 MB ( which maybe too less,
> however it's possible to expand this or linux still into free space
> ).
>
> For my purposes ( desktop and some networks ), minimal 7 GB for both
> OS and
> some 'usual' desktop-data will be enough this time.*
>
> Greeetings-
>
>
> --
> michl
>
>
> *There is an additional ( laptop-specific ) hibernation-partition of
> 500 MB.
Thanks for copying me in; glad it went ok - you found a good laptop and
got everything installed! I hate being squeezed for space, but on the
other hand it is the impetus to upgrade Hardware...
Take care,
Shawn
=====
Shawn Lamson
Debian Gnu/Linux Sid
Kernel 2.4.19-custom
XFree86 Version 4.2.1
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