> > On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 07:34:18PM +0200, mw wrote: > > Hello List. > > > > I am trying to buy a used laptop on ebay next time, but there's one > > > question i'm quite unsure yet. > > I would like to install both linux (debian ) and windows ( probably > 2000 ) > > because i want to use it for networking exercises with my good old > desktop > > box here. > > I wonder how much disk space i will need. > > I remember someone recommended to give win2000 about 10 GB. > > But I would not need word or excell or such office stuff. > (...) > > > Bob Hilliard (Samstag, 7. Dezember 2002 13:52 ) : > > Shawn Lamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I just put in a new HD (80Gigs of which only 32G are used > currently > > > b/c<br> my bios is old) and I put Win2k on the first 15 Gigs; > then a Lin > > > Swap<br> drive of 512Megs; then my Debian install of Sarge on > various > > > partitions<br>
--- mw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Bob ! > > Thank you and also Hubert, Jan, Jonathan, Shawn for your answers ! > I suppose this is a late reply on my request to debian-laptop from > Oct 22 ?: > > > Different people agreed that one would need not more than about 6 to > max. 12 > GB for running both Win2000 and Linux, depending on what will be > installed, > and the smallest without too much user-data, i suppose. > > Now I've just installed Debian Woody 3.0 with KDE and GNOME and > Enlightment ( > activated in 2 user-accounts ), and a lot of net-stuff, and > Documentation > like info2www and dwww with apache. This uses about 1,5 GB by now. > /var is on a 500 MB extra-partition ( I will install wwwoffle soon, > which may > fill up its cache in /var up to more than 200 MB ). > I used to install both OpenOffice and Staroffice in /opt which makes > together > about 400 MB. > ( Someday maybe stuff like GIS or a Java-RE, but I didn't consider > yet.) > Pictures and docs will be stored on a exchange-partition, which i > count to > neither linux nor win here. > So, in the end my configuration will need about 2 GB for the > 'personal' > system-installation + 500 MB /var, + 500 MB /tmp, + 500 MB swap > which makes in summary about 3,5 GB for Linux, without any > exchange-data. > > For Win2000 i provided 3 GB, since i will use it rather extensivley. > > The exchange-partition is 500 MB ( which maybe too less, > however it's possible to expand this or linux still into free space > ). > > For my purposes ( desktop and some networks ), minimal 7 GB for both > OS and > some 'usual' desktop-data will be enough this time.* > > Greeetings- > > > -- > michl > > > *There is an additional ( laptop-specific ) hibernation-partition of > 500 MB. Thanks for copying me in; glad it went ok - you found a good laptop and got everything installed! I hate being squeezed for space, but on the other hand it is the impetus to upgrade Hardware... Take care, Shawn ===== Shawn Lamson Debian Gnu/Linux Sid Kernel 2.4.19-custom XFree86 Version 4.2.1 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
