Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 15:10:07 +0200 From: Arjan Knepper <arjan@jak.nl> To: Michael_Gruver/The_Revere_Group@reveregroup.com Cc: ellismc@mindspring.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hard Disk sizes/suggestions (Desktop w/ IDE drives) Message-ID: <3B17942E.FB2BF7A0@jak.nl> References: <OFF92C0F28.BA5FAB3E-ON85256A5E.00468B20@reveregroup.com>
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See : http://apollo.backplane.com/FreeBSD/tuning.html Put together by Matt Dillon Michael_Gruver/The_Revere_Group@reveregroup.com wrote: > Michael, > > I think the question to you is: What do you plan to do with FreeBSD? If > you are going to use it as a gateway server for your cable modem or DSL > service, you don't need much more than a P90, 40mb of memory, and 3GB of > disk space. (that is all I am using and it runs great). If you want to use > Gnome or KDE you will need more. I have a workstation running Gnome (I am > running afterstep as well) and I required a decent video card, a P266, 64mb > of memory (probobaly would run better with 128) and a lot more disk space > (I have only 6gb). That is because you will undoubtely want to run some > applications under gnome that will require disk space and if they are > Graphical more memory. I really could use more memory for Quake but don't > have it. > > So, there you are. Just my $.02 > > Mike > > Any recommended minimum/maximum hard disk sizes to install FreeBSD on? > (Alone or maybe dual boot). > 8GB to small? Is 30 or 40GB a waste for normal desktop use or good choice > for a dual boot system? I am planning a install using an > AMD K6-2/350 system with 128MB of ram. Should I go to 256MB of ram? > > I have reconfigured Outlook Express and hope it now proper formats. Thank > for the information! > > Michael > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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