On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:

> I currently have OBSD running on my P-II with an 850 MB drive and 64 MB
> ram.  On install, I chose not to include the compiler set over concern
> re drive space.  The FAQ says how much space is required to minimally
> run OBSD and it says how much to be able to comfortably compile ("4G is
> not a bad size").
> 
> It may not be "bad" but what is the absolute minimum size of hard drive
> for an i386 to be able to recompile any necessary patches itself?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Doug.

4G is not a bad size. ;-)

(Longer and detailed reply sent offlist -- bottom line, there is
no definite minimum.  250MB for comp41.tgz installed, about 120MB
more to rebuild a kernel, unknowable amounts for rebuilding parts
of userland, ranging from near zero to near 2GB).

Solutions: a second fleabay disk, NFS or use a second box.

Dave
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                      Dude, Dave's not here!

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