Message-ID: <3671C9CD.41B7D427@digitranhq.com> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 18:41:34 -0700 From: Mario Miyojim X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.36 i686) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions Subject: Re: Disk space question? References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------D2286B9EBA304BD20BA25565" NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.225.212.20 X-Trace: 11 Dec 1998 19:40:46 +0600, 207.225.212.20 Lines: 106 X-Report: Report abuse to abuse@uswest.net. Path: news2.funet.fi!newsfeed1.funet.fi!newsfeed1.swip.net!swipnet!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!newsfeed1.uswest.net!news1.uswest.net!207.225.212.20 Xref: news2.funet.fi alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions:23971 --------------D2286B9EBA304BD20BA25565 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It depends on what you want to do. I have a very small Linux (RedHat 5.1) installation on a 486 using two of the old generation hard disks (201 + 125 MB). It is a temporary installation for the study of sounds only, but I have X on it like a normal desktop. So, anything larger than that will be sufficient for a working Linux environment. For the applications that come on the RedHat CD, about 770 MB will be taken for a full install in the /usr directory. The root (/) will require anything more than 30 MB; a size of 100 MB is an overkill. Swap space: if you have large memory, then a swap partition of the same size of the memory will be enough. Then you need a /home partition, starting at about 50MB. If you can afford 1 GB for home, that will be great. Mario Miyojim Bruce Whealton wrote: > Hello, I just got Red Hat Linux 5.1 I am currently running Windows > 98 on a 6GBHard drive with two partitions C: and D:. I do have a > program called Partition It!I think Quarterdeck still makes that. How > much disk space should I consider allocating for Linux? I may have to > wait and get another disk drive if Linux takes up too much space. I > would be a newbie to Linux with some exposure to it in the > past.Thanks,Bruce > -- > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Bruce Whealton, MSW CCSW > Bruce's Web Hosting with FrontPage supported > Check it out! at: > http://wordsalad.net/store/hosting.htm > Publish you poetry at Word Salad: > http://wordsalad.net/ > Check out Word Salad's Bookstore at: > http://wordsalad.net/word/ > Currently seeking employment - Clinical > Social Worker see resume: > http://wordsalad.net/resume/ > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --------------D2286B9EBA304BD20BA25565 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It depends on what you want to do. I have a very small Linux (RedHat 5.1) installation on a
486 using two of the old generation hard disks (201 + 125 MB). It is a temporary installation
for the study of sounds only, but I have X on it like a normal desktop. So, anything larger than
that will be sufficient for a working Linux environment. For the applications that come on the
RedHat CD, about 770 MB will be taken for a full install in the /usr directory. The root (/) will
require anything more than 30 MB; a size of 100 MB is an overkill. Swap space: if you have
large memory, then a swap partition of the same size of the memory will be enough. Then you
need a /home partition, starting at about 50MB. If you can afford 1 GB for home, that will be
great.

Mario Miyojim

Bruce Whealton wrote:

Hello, I just got Red Hat Linux 5.1 I am currently running Windows 98 on a 6GBHard drive with two partitions C: and D:. I do have a program called Partition It!I think Quarterdeck still makes that. How much disk space should I consider allocating for Linux? I may have to wait and get another disk drive if Linux takes up too much space. I would be a newbie to Linux with some exposure to it in the past.Thanks,Bruce
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Bruce's Web Hosting with FrontPage supported
Check it out! at:
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Publish you poetry at Word Salad:
http://wordsalad.net/
Check out Word Salad's Bookstore at:
http://wordsalad.net/word/
Currently seeking employment - Clinical
Social Worker see resume:
http://wordsalad.net/resume/
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