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- From: drmo@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Help Getting Started
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.080953.1325@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 08:09:53 -0500
- References: <1992Jul21.082832.1319@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul21.082832.1319@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu>, drmo@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu writes:
- > First, I have read that it takes anywhere from 150 to 200 megs of free disk
- > space to download and build X. However, I have also read that Linux and
- > X can be up and running with about 40 megs of disk space. Is is possible
- > to get X without having 150 megs of free disk space? Are precompiled
- > binaries available? If so, how do you go about applying patches?
- >
- > I am planning on buying a 200 meg HD, but I would like to have an OS/2
- > partition as well as a Linux partition. Will that be enough if I also want
- > to run X?
- >
- > Also, as a result of reading this newsgroup and the FAQ, I feel more
- > confused than when I started. I know very little about UNIX in any form,
- > and even less about system administration, and the majority of the discussion
- > here seems to be targeted above my knowledge. Does any one know of any good
- > references for system administration and the like?
-
- Many thanks to all who responded to my earlier post. The overwhelming opinion
- is that a 200 meg HD will be plenty, as the binaries are available and require
- much less than 150 megs.
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- Again, THANKS
-
- Drew
-