Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 22:48:01 -0500 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "dochawk@psu.edu" <dochawk@psu.edu>, "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org> Cc: "burningclown@westhost43.westhost.net" <burningclown@westhost43.westhost.net>, "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 2G enough for a decent system? Message-ID: <20011215034716.4755537B41B@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200112150006.fBF060U79376@fac13.ds.psu.edu>
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On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 19:06:00 -0500, dochawk@psu.edu wrote: >johan jumped > >> On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 burningclown@westhost43.westhost.net wrote: > >> > Anyway, as I become chummier with FreeBSD =AND= as my bank account >> > dwindles, I'm considering just jumping in and installing FreeBSD on the >> > little guy ... but is 2G enough HD space to have a reasonably good system, >> > or do I need to keep hitting those eBay auctions for a roomier drive? > >> 2gb is fine. you'll just have to avoid having to much kruft. > >THat's a *lot* of room :) I lived with 1G . . . however, you'll >probably want to use packages rather than ports. (or a few selected >ports. But you do run out of room fast . . .) i used to run on a 850 megs without any problems, then i stepped upto a 4gig, then now i just switched to a 30gig. :) --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 6E7B 9993 B503 6D45 E33A 2019 26E5 C1DB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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