Re: [Freedos-user] freedos installation disk space requirements - was: Some driver updates

> On Nov 8, 2017, at 2:40 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi Jerome, > >> Maybe the installer should just assume FULL install + sources > > Not really. Almost nobody installs all sources at the same time > and I would not even want the option in the installer: Instead, > I

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos installation disk space requirements - was: Some driver updates

Hi Jerome, > Maybe the installer should just assume FULL install + sources Not really. Almost nobody installs all sources at the same time and I would not even want the option in the installer: Instead, I prefer to have the option to install + PACKAGES with sources. Then I can unzip only those

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos installation disk space requirements - was: Some driver updates

I see a lot of assume this, assume that, plus a little of roughly this... Maybe the installer should just assume FULL install + sources + (2x) old OS backup + 1-5MB safety margin at startup. If there is not that much space, tell user the error and stop. Like several other dangerous

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos installation disk space requirements - was: Some driver updates

Hi Jerome, >> Start with Base. > Can’t. If user is doing a custom install Yes you can ;-) Base install will be a common choice, so it is good if you can at least predict how much disk space is required for THAT. I think this also is exactly why Robert wrote START with base: You can always try

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos installation disk space requirements - was: Some driver updates

Hi Robert :-) >> Base size, >> Base + sources size, >> Full size, >> Full + sources size, >> All package sizes (custom advanced mode) >> All packages + sources sizes, > Start with Base. Actually I would suggest to never install complete categories WITH SOURCE. Just install sources of