On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 11:39:15PM -0500, Michelle Coelho wrote: > I just got myself an old 270 MB hard disk...to supplement the 120Mb I have > on my current disk. I've got debian Linux installed on it..Anyone knows how > I should go about it. > Also, I have about 72MB of free space left on the current disk. Add to that > the 270MB(if I pass the smoke test!)..can someone tell me the minimal > requirements for an xwindowing system ..I want to install netscape after > that.. You might appreciate the X reorganization that took place for slink, then -- one of its advantages is the ability to strip X down a lot more than you used to. You'll need: xfree86-common xserver-common xserver-vga16 (only if you want to use the XF86Setup tool) xf86setup (only if you want to use it) xserver-<something> (probably xserver-svga, but this depends on the video card) xlib6g xbase-clients xfonts-base xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scaled (maybe) xterm (or some other X terminal emulator, like rxvt -- which is smaller) twm (or some other window manager, like fvwm) I think that should do it. If I forgot something, apt should haul it in for you. If you decide to use XF86Setup, you can remove it and xserver-vga16 once you have configured the X server. This may look like a long list of packages, but the old X arrangement required xbase, and xbase had a *lot* of stuff in it. I do suggest, however, moving your entire /usr over to the new drive. Debian does not support, for instance, /usr/bin on one disk partition and /usr/X11R6 on another. (It's an issue of symbolic links mandated in the Policy Manual.) -- G. Branden Robinson | "Why do we have to hide from the police, Debian GNU/Linux | Daddy?" branden@ecn.purdue.edu | "Because we use vi, son. They use cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | emacs."
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