Mail Archives: djgpp/1994/10/09/06:13:25
This doesn't really belong on the DJGPP list; try comp.os.linux.help,
or perhaps comp.os.linux.admin. Get the Linux HOW-TOs from
//sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/docs/howto or something like that. Get
the readmes for Slackware or other distributions available in
.../packages/slackware or something like that.
Having said that, there are a couple of points I can contribute.
BTW, the gist of a recent discussion on c.o.l.admin is that UMSDOS is
*not* appreciably slower than the minix, iafs, or (nowadays preferred)
ext2 file systems. However, I shudder at the idea that MSDOS can get
at my Linux filesystem; I really am much happier having it safe on
another partition. Also, if you are running MSDOS, you have *no*
security against intruders on your Linux file system.
Here are the most important directories (in a quick edit of a du) on
my Linux system. Note that /usr/lib includes pile of TeX stuff.
2405 /var
11916 /usr/bin
26955 /usr/lib
5271 /usr/src/linux-1.0.9
944 /usr/include
542 /etc
801 /sbin
215 /boot
15 /dev
846 /lib
===================================
49910 total (in KBytes)
This includes a pretty full development system, as well as groff and
ghostscript and such. On top of this, if you don't use X you really
ought to have 16MB - total RAM available for swap; with X, I'm
uncomfortable with less than 32MB - total RAM. You also should leave
another 10MB for temporaries.
Two directories you might be able to do away with:
15312 /usr/X11
10240 /usr/lib/emacs
Conservatively, I'd say that reserving 80--100 MB for Linux binaries
and system functions should be plenty, assuming that you are really
willing to leave the man pages and other docs on the CD-ROM. With a
lot of care you should be able to shoehorn it into 50MB.
--Steve
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