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 -- Dude, Dave's not here!