On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 12:15:13AM +0200, Tzahi Fadida wrote: > > > > Does that mean that base took 172mb? For some reason I believe it > > should be much much less. > > > i'v put 30mb swap. >
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-preparing.en.html#s-mmhr states 50M for a standard server. As far as I know this includes base. Are you sure you didn't miss something? > > > > > the Tex/Latex is 180 mb and i need it so i installed it. (still in progress) > > > > Can it be that you should format your fs to use smaller blocks? Have > > you seen the figures at > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install.en.htm ? > > Oops, forgot the l in the URL. This should have been html rather then htm. > i used whats default with the install. > [ ... ] > > Wouldn't X + an older fashion window manager suffice? That might also > > be a more reasonable usage of the scare resources and might help to have > > it run a bit faster. > > > yeah it will, and this is what i want but i don't know what to select in dselect > or do an apt-get to get the minimum i need. Unlike dselect, apt-get might pull in `Suggest' without letting the user know that it is only suggested. Which is hardly suitable for a limited space installation. As for the packages to choose in dselect, just go for the most obvious apps you want. Hopefully Depends/Suggests/Recommends will do the rest. [ ... ] > it was 8mb and was upgraded to 24mb. > The more the better. -- Shaul Karl, shaulk @ actcom . net . il ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
