On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 09:38:56PM +0100, Thomas Trepl wrote: > > I use allways 12GB disk space for partitions to build LFS in - so > nearly all available disks nowadays should be fine. A 32GB mSATA is a > bit small, but every size above should be fine also. But that depends > on what else you want to have on disk beside LFS. >
To quote Marvin: It amazes me how you manage to live in anything that small. For a server, yeah, fine. But for a desktop, particularly if trying extra or alternative packages, it's a bit small. My most recent normal desktop took 9.49GB, but then I installed texlive (source, without asymptote, biber, xindy) and got to 15.1GB. And I've got over 11GB of tarballs and zip files in /sources (ignoring fonts). And anyone using LFS long-term really needs at least two systems (current and next), plus (of course) /home, space for sources, and somewhere to build. I'm currently doing a scripted install of the new Qt5 after manually building it to check the details - the build (without WebEngine) took 12GB. For small packages, building in /tmp (half of available RAM) might be ok - but don't try that on Qt, rustc, webkitgtk, firefox, seamonkey, or libreoffice. ĸen -- I'm saving up 22 shillings and 10 pence (almost a pound!) per week to buy an ARM-13. http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2018/11/brexit-means-brexit.html -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
