It is that big because just the sage directory itself is very big. The guest OS is really very minimal: almost no services running, and only installed the very basic stuff (no x server, for instance).
Maybe some space could be freed if, after compiling, the source code could be erased. But i am not sure if it would save a lot of space. On 9 nov, 12:41, Jan Groenewald <j...@aims.ac.za> wrote: > Dear Marco, > > On 9 November 2011 13:34, mmarco <mma...@unizar.es> wrote: > > > The .ova file is 2 gigs big. > > What makes it this big? I would guess 500M minimal install, 500M Sage, > and the rest is desktop stuff? > > Is it not possible to install a server/minimal version of your OS and on > that sage and to > browse using the native OS' browser to the virtual OS' IP:sageport? > Might this not halve the size? You can also automatically start > Sage and not have to click a start button and boot even faster? > > Regards, > Jan > > -- > .~. > /V\ Jan Groenewald > /( )\ www.aims.ac.za > ^^-^^ -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
