Re: Min HDD size for Linux Box

de Mark Warner 01/20/2007 01:49

Erroneous Maximus wrote:
> My linux knowledge is zero.
> I will have a spare system soon sans HDD.
> I have a couple of smallish HDDs around.
> So what is the minimum sized HDD for a Linux setup?

Depending on which distribution you chose, 2G to 5G would be a minimum.
Anything beyond that would be available for data.

If you plan on doing much with it, you'll probably want at least 10G.
That will give you plenty of elbow room.

If you want to dual boot with Windows or otherwise multiboot, you should
start with 20G.

When the time comes, post a rundown of your hardware and we can advise
you better. To run the latest full-featured distros, you want at least
512MB RAM.

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Mark Warner
Ubuntu Dapper 6.06
Registered Linux User #415318
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