Re: Small HDD

lucas:
> > I think you will be able to install the system, but that is about all.
> >
> > Some of the problems I can think of:
> >
> >     * swap will be too small, or it will take out too much of the disk
> >     * you won't be able to install /usr/ports, or /usr/src and the like
> >
> > So, you *may* just be able to get it installed, but then there is no
> > room left over. I had a terrible time on a 250M disk, until I found a
> > 500M one for my mac68k. 500M gives you enough room for the whole deal,
> > plus sources.
> >
> > And, yes, it is really useful to use NFS in this case, once the system
> > is up.
> 
> I kinda wanted to compile, but I would settle for ssh, mutt, and lynx. I
> don't need ports or the source, so maybe I will be okay. The compiler may
> be cramped if I wanna play around with C (I'm trying to code my own
> calculus libraries.) ;/

I think you should be fine if you can live with the basic system, and
just a few ports installed as packages, not from source.

Good luck.

-- Don