Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!mips!sjsca4!poffen From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Windows-the interface that may never happen... Message-ID: <1990Jun12.224249.2680@sj.ate.slb.com> Date: 12 Jun 90 22:42:49 GMT References: <12389@shlump.nac.dec.com> Reply-To: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) Distribution: usa Organization: Schlumberger Technologies, San Jose, CA. Lines: 38 In article <12389@shlump.nac.dec.com> simon@hpspwr.enet.dec.com (Curiosier and curiosier...) writes: > >In article <60@raysnec.UUCP>, shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) writes... >>In article <210@rossignol.Princeton.EDU> nfs@cs.Princeton.EDU (Norbert Schlenker) writes: > >>>requirement for 6-8Mb of hard disk space. I freed up some space, >>>installed the package, and discovered the disk estimates weren't far >>>off - C:\WINDOWS ate 7.5Mb of my hard disk. If I want to swap, I need >>>(probably) another 2-3Mb of disk space. >> >>In InfoWorld's recent Windows supplement (page S10) they write: >> >> Windows requires a large amount of hard disk space - 4-1/2 >> megabytes of free disk pace to install it and its included >> utilities, not counting other applications. By eliminating > >When I tried to install Windows the first time, I got an error message >to the effect that Windows requires at least 6.5 Mb of free disk space >and that I needed to free the disk to provide this space before the >installation could be continued. After that it returned to DOS prompt. >After the installation it took 4.6 Mb on a 286 machine, and added a >swapfile of 2.5 Mb on a 386. > Where the installation is messed up is that if you have an existing Windows 3.0 directory, it doesn't recognize this and overwrite, it just complains that you don't have enough space. It seems that if it is smart enoguh to figure out everything about your system, that it should be able to install on top of itself without counting that disk space as used. Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254