Re: [aclug-L] How much disk space??

[JOHNSTONE JEREMY S <jsjohnst@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know what I was thinkingwhen I said 200mb. I musta been at school
a little to long that day. To do a decent average install I suggest
atleast 400. I personally have only installed Linux in 600mb or larger
installs, but I live by the philosophy that more is almost always better.
There are exceptions, like an old 486 box I used for a router only had a
270mb HD and of that I was only using like 25%, but as John says, your
mileage may vary.

On 9 Sep 1998, John Goerzen wrote:

> JOHNSTONE JEREMY S  <jsjohnst@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > About 200 mb is a decent install
> > 
> 
> Yes.  Again, it depends on what you're doing.  I'm feeling cramped in
> 10 gig, but my office machine, up until recently, had a 140 meg drive
> in it.  My router has two 80 meg drives in it, and really, that would
> be overkill except it's also a backup mail server and needs space for
> swapping since it's low on RAM.
> 
> For a full system with development tools, XEmacs, X, and ample space
> for storage and extra applications, I reccommend 500 meg.  However,
> not everyone needs all those programs, so people may be able to get
> along just fine with 100 or 200 meg.
> 
> John
> 
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