Re: Feedback on patch to PowerPC ports pmac page requested

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamalprasad@verizon.net>]

>>>>> "Rogério" == Rogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br> writes:

    Rogério> On Oct 22 2005, Shyamal Prasad wrote:
    >> as +little as 600 to 700M for a really basic system, but you'll

    Rogério> I question the 600 to 700M figures for a "really basic
    Rogério> system". I think that these numbers are too high for
    Rogério> "just the basics", especially if the user is space
    Rogério> conscious.

Hi Rogério,

My opinion was originally the same as yours. But since I suspected
that linux installations have got larger since I last did a space
concious install I tried looking for some documented experience.

The i386 install manual says one needs at least 450M.
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch03s04.html.en

The i386 and powerpc install manuals say that a i386 2.4 install with
all standard packages is 573M.
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/apcs03.html.en

Including swap space I'd say 600M is pushing the lower limit for a
normal (i.e. documented in the manual) sarge install. If any one has
done it in less do let me know - it has been many years since I've
worked on a system with less than 1G of disk space.

Cheers!
Shyamal