From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Nov 16 10: 8:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 885) id 9472837B401; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 10:08:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 10:08:54 -0800 From: Eric Melville To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: How big a HD? (automatic settings) Message-ID: <20021116100854.A12485@FreeBSD.org> References: <20021113004319.86099.qmail@web13409.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20021113004319.86099.qmail@web13409.mail.yahoo.com>; from giffunip@yahoo.com on Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 01:43:19AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > After some advocacy effort, I convinced a friend to try > FreeBSD and I handed him some old 3.4 CDs I had. He > attempted to install it on a 600M HD with the surprise that > the auto settings in sysinstall didn't leave him sufficient > space on the /usr partition. He was somewhat surprised as > the CD box actually suggested that much less space was > required. He downloaded a 5.0 ISO and found the same > problem. > > My question is; how much disk space is required to install > FreeBSD nowadays?? This is a known problem. Unfortunately I don't think it will ever get fixed because it's an issue where everyone likes to fight about their way being best. I would expect the disk in question to be enough if the partitions were sized by hand after looking at an installed system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message