Pierre Abbat wrote:
I have a 36 GB disk (actually 38 GB but 2 GB is swap), usually 45-55% full. 4.4 GB is in /home. Do I have enough room to try this?
Hard to say - you'll need enough space to store: 1) base system (~300-500MB) 2) pkgtools (not sure) 3) any packages (so FF + dependencies, or what have you) 4) if building in the chroot or jail, enough space for pkgsrc, distfiles, $WRKDIR, etc. Worst case is your disk fills and you have to wipe the setup - although - where's the other 45% of space? might make more sense to use an area there with more available if possible - or create a new partition for scratch work if the space isn't allocated. I usually setup a chroot, backup any important user files, and then 'mount null' my /home so that my data is in synch between the two (its a little annoying to copy files in&out) DISPLAY=:0 is your friend in these cases if using a mixed old & new setup - e.g: chroot /path/to/chroot DISPLAY=:0 <gui-app-under-test> & the instructions in jail(8) for building jails work for chroots as well - just chroot /path to enter instead of starting the jail.. you might need to mount devfs as well - I'm not sure if this is needed - dont recall off hand also - some things like gnome apps, etc. might not have their 'proper' environment (e.g. dbus, etc) to display fonts, etc. properly - keep that in mind if testing. Cheers & Good Luck
