Re: i386 minimum space requirements

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On Fri, 29 Sept 2023 at 19:44, John Klos <john%klos.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Perhaps it's time to update this, from the install document:
>
> > The minimal configuration for a full, standard installation is 32MB of
> > RAM and 250MB of disk space.
>
> Some rough amounts:
>
> base, comp, etc, games, kern-GENERIC, man, misc, modules, rescue, text: 629 megs
> With tests: 678 megs
> With xbase, xcomp, xetc, xfont, xserver: 929 megs
> With debug and xdebug: 2832 megs
>
> I don't think 250 megs of disk space is going to cut it any longer :)

Definitely a good idea to update!

So ~1G with X, and ~700M without. Would you be able to run a quick
test with just base, kern-GENERIC & etc to get an absolute minimum?
(More likely to be of interest to 32bit x86 retro dabblers :)

David