You can get by with much less, but finding a HDD < 40 GB for sale might be a tall order and per megabyte cost will probably be cheaper on a bigger drive.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 10:08:07PM -0600, Justin West wrote: > I'm a hardware guru. not a linux guru. yet! ;) > > Someone with a little more linux experience will have to give you a better > idea on the size of drive that fits your needs. The 40 gig number was just a > safe guess. > > -Justin > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Ashley Murdock > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [tslug] Re: hard drives > > you don't think less than 40 gig?? I'm only running linux and nothing will > really be saved on this computer... ??? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Justin West <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:32 PM > Subject: [tslug] Re: hard drives > > The size of the hard drive is up to you. I wouldn't go less than 40Gig. I > would recommend finding a drive that has an 8mb cache (the alternative is a > 2mb cache) and is 7,200 RPM's. Make sure that it is ATA/100 or ATA/133. > (ATA/133 is faster). > > Good luck and feel free to ask me any more questions. > -Justin > > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Ashley Murdock > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [tslug] hard drives > > My desktop computer that I was going to put debian all of the sudden isn't > working and now I need a new hard drive. I was just going to buy a used > one...off of ebay or at a store..but I need help because I don't know what > I'm looking for. I would appreciate any help I can get! > Thanks! > Ashley ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -----------------------------------------------------------------
