Hi Ralph, Whilst wearing you C-devel hat, will you please have a look at a recent forum thread [1] that has highlighted the ambiguity on the CentOS Product Specification web page [2]. I'm asking this here, as I guess that page really does come under documentation . . . and you are the documentation-meister. If it is not actually your area, please let me know who's cage bars I should rattle. :-) Regards, Alan. [1] http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=24904&start=0 [2] http://www.centos.org/product.html
Ralph Angenendt
2010-Feb-19 16:01 UTC
[CentOS-docs] Ambiguity on a CentOS dot Org Web Page.
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Alan Bartlett <ajb at elrepo.org> wrote:> Hi Ralph, > > Whilst wearing you C-devel hat, will you please have a look at a > recent forum thread [1] that has highlighted the ambiguity on the > CentOS Product Specification web page [2]. I'm asking this here, as I > guess that page really does come under documentation . . . and you are > the documentation-meister.Any suggestion as to what should be there? I have no idea how much disk space is taken by a "default" install, as I tend not to do those. I could put a 3GB there, which seems to be a sound amount of disk space for that. Regards, Ralph
Phil Schaffner
2010-Feb-19 22:49 UTC
[CentOS-docs] Ambiguity on a CentOS dot Org Web Page.
Phil Schaffner wrote on 02/19/2010 05:29 PM:> Phil Schaffner wrote on 02/19/2010 05:17 PM: > ...Could run an i386 install too, but this is >> probably good enough. > > Just for grins - tried the i386 install with 1GB RAM on a 3GB disk and > got an error that it needed 1924MB and there was not enough space, so > looks like the i386 minimum is around 3.5-4GB.OK - last self-reply, I promise. :-) Tried i386 with 5GB and it got further but errored out after the installation started with a message about needing 97MB on / so I conclude that i386 needs >5GB to install, and so x86_64 definitely needs >5GB for a default install also, despite the installed system having a bit of headroom. 6GB seems like a good minimum number, with the caveat that it is not really enough for a workable system over time.
On 21 February 2010 15:14, Ralph Angenendt <ralph.angenendt at gmail.com> wrote:> Am 21.02.10 15:09, schrieb Alan Bartlett: > >> Thanks for all your testing Phil. I happily run a C-5 workstation with >> a total (physical) disk size of 25 GB. (And you know the sort of >> things I regularly do with it.) > > An "Everything" install (checking all available checkboxes) needs 11G on > / for installation, IIRC. > >> I guess the real question is: What was that section of the web page >> *really* intending to show when it was first written? Perhaps Donavan >> can remember? > > I know it was there, forgot about it, but have no idea if this is > something "copied" from upstream and neither what those numbers mean.I speculated in the above quoted forum-thread that the values may relate to the minimum disk space required for a *minimal* installation -- all check boxes cleared. Alan.
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Ralph Angenendt <ralph.angenendt at gmail.com> wrote:> Am 21.02.10 15:09, schrieb Alan Bartlett:>> I guess the real question is: What was that section of the web page >> *really* intending to show when it was first written? Perhaps Donavan >> can remember? > > I know it was there, forgot about it, but have no idea if this is > something "copied" from upstream and neither what those numbers mean.The product web page ( http://www.centos.org/product.html ) was, as I recall, created by hughesjr based on a page found somewhere upstream. Now I cannot remember where that page is. So, I believe many of the numbers were originally from there. Akemi
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