On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 06:31:47PM +0530, Sanjay Chigurupati said > Hi, > I am thinking of allocating space for different distros on my 40 GB hard > disk at home. > > a) Have a 4.5 GB for XP ( dont flame) > b) plan on 1.5 GB for backup ( Important files like resume and other docs > in case I remove XP and put somethin else) > c) Debian woody - 10 GB ( Is this too much) 10gb is a lot of space for debian software...I have loads of packages (1689, in fact) and my / only uses about 4GB. This is with /home on a separate partition, however... > d) Gentoo version 1.4 ( 2 cds) - 5 GB ( Is this sufficient) Depends what you're using it for. Note that Debian's X packages take > 4GB to build these days, so I'd ask a gentooite how much space they recommend, first. > g) RH 9 - 7 GB ( is this 2 much) - plan to do some development for SANE I imagine this would be plenty of space, but asking a RH person would be a good idea. > h) LFS ( Linux from Scratch) - 4 GB The same deal with gentoo here, you need extra space to build things. -- Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> | mlspam@ertius.org | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: smuggle Delta Force Pakistan Firewalls Iraq BATF CDMA rs9512c
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