I plan to install OpenSUSE 11.0 from the DVD, to a single partition. What is the minimum partition size I could use? Space is a little tight, and I was thinking of 10-12 GB. Would that be sufficient?
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That is plenty for a base install. You can get away with 1.5 with the
GUI. Trimming that back to a GUI-less base install should easily get
you below 1 GB. A complete everything-but-source install will probably
still be around 4-5 GB (wild guess).
Good luck.
nh14 wrote:
> I plan to install OpenSUSE 11.0 from the DVD, to a single partition.
> What is the minimum partition size I could use? Space is a little
> tight, and I was thinking of 10-12 GB. Would that be sufficient?
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10-12 gb will install a complete system nowadays, but indeed things will be tight. 10-12 should do it, cut down the GUI to a single one, say like XFCE if you want a lightweight system. Trim down a lot of the software you wont use with installation YaST will save space too. PM if you want more ideas to squeeze it down
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:26:01 GMT
Solidghost <Solidghost@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
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> 10-12 gb will install a complete system nowadays, but indeed things will
> be tight. 10-12 should do it, cut down the GUI to a single one, say
> like XFCE if you want a lightweight system. Trim down a lot of the
> software you wont use with installation YaST will save space too. PM if
> you want more ideas to squeeze it down
>
>
A fairly “fat” install occupies between 3.1 and 3.5 GB of storage. This
includes KDE 3.5.9, ALL development packages (well, nearly!) a few games and
a ‘typical’ user home directory contents.
You could squeeze by with 4GB and do just fine…
Your generous offer of 10-12GB will suffice your needs for now quite well.
Loni
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L R Nix
lornix@lornix.com
So, will the couch fit over there…?
4GB liveDVD?
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:06:02 GMT
Solidghost <Solidghost@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
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> 4GB liveDVD?
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That looks like a question…
Yeah, ironically, the liveDVD is 4+ GB. It contains the installation code,
an “installed” working system, and the installation packages to set up SuSE
on your system too.
Actually, I was tinkering with this machine and realized I was a tad low, it
should be more like ~4.3GB to run a well stocked SUSE installation. Of
course, many wouldn’t install the development tools as I do, so it would be
smaller. 10GB is fine. Especially if you use the existing windows
partitions as storage for anything large you download.
Loni
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L R Nix
lornix@lornix.com
If I lay on the bed, they’ll fit, right?
I’m curious, what does said 4.3 gb system contain? Like what desktop if any…, packages, development tools?
Thanks for all the info, guys! I might try it with 8 GB, then. If it looks too tight I can always resize the partition and reinstall.
lornix, there is no Windows partition on this machine, but as you suggest I have a data partition in which all downloads, work documents, website source, music, and so on is held. This is shared between multiple Linuxes, so each distro should contain only installed software, configuration files and log files.
Solidghost, I was wondering at the size of the DVD. I installed OpenSUSE 11.0 with Gnome from CD on my other machine, and it took 2-3 times the CD size. That’s why I wanted some idea what to expect with the DVD! And thanks for the PM offer.
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:56:01 GMT
Solidghost <Solidghost@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
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> I’m curious, what does said 4.3 gb system contain? Like what desktop if
> any…, packages, development tools?
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>
KDE 3.5.9, everything you get if you select the C/C++ development pattern,
and a good sprinkling of everything else per my preferences.
Honest, I have a good reason for not just posting a list of the rpm’s
installed… really…
Mr. KITTY (who was BAD today!)… whilst I was typing away on the little
machine, answering forum mails and such… ATE HIS WAY THROUGH THE CAT5 CABLE
for that machine.
So while I’m typing, I get a few ‘pauses’… ‘delays’… slow screen updates
since I am using ssh X11 forwarding to use the apps on the BIG machine in the
other room… that’s weird…
Hey… where’s Pixel? AWWWWW! And just about then, the system blinked, then
died.
He’d shorted most of the cat5 pairs together, shorting out the onboard
ethernet (built into motherboard) and ultimately, caused the power supply to
go into overcurrent shutdown.
Removed mangled cat5 length from computer, clipped out offending snippet, put
new RJ45 ends on the (now) two cables, put shorter length away… plugged
cable back in…
Well, it boots. It senses cable installed. But no data throughput at all.
OH! and the hard drive SMART is screaming of now-imminent failure. Seems
the drive suffered badly when the power blinked then went out. Oh drat!
Installed an ethernet nic into empty slot of machine, disabled onboard nic…
screw it all together… power up… reach to back and plug in cat5…
… it won’t stay in… the little clippy part of the nic socket is busted…
maybe that was why it was in my ‘junk parts’ box? {sigh} shut it down…
Find ANOTHER nic from same box. Yes, RJ45 goes CLICK this time… install
that one.
It powers up! And now the boot process is screaming about bad sectors, drive
failing, doom, … I should replace the 40GB drive in the system… but
what-the-heck… reinstall everything after doing a full reformat with
badblocks found. (goodness… look how many!)
So yes, it’ll be back online to use later tonight… a little worse for wear,
but still kicking, and the (new old) nic works too.
Yes, Pixel has been spanked and has avoided me for several hours now.
Yes, I’m upset that the machine’s onboard ethernet is borked. But,
considering that he shorted out the entire USB and PS2 subsystem circuitry in
the same machine last week… it’s not really THAT much of an issue. The
machine is dying a slow, cat-induced death. (I installed a usb pci card and
life goes on)
{Sigh}
For some reason, he only attacks and eats the cables on THAT computer. There
are several others to choose from, but he only gets THAT computer. Oh well,
not gonna rock THAT boat! (he’s missed the BIG machine) (knock on wood!)
Loni
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L R Nix
lornix@lornix.com
Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty…