Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!jason From: jason@cs.utexas.edu (Jason Martin Levitt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: Risc System/6000 Message-ID: <1162@gort.cs.utexas.edu> Date: 23 Feb 90 23:48:23 GMT References: <10307@hoptoad.uucp> <4115@ibmpa.UUCP> <5098@brazos.Rice.edu> <1148@gort.cs.utexas.edu> <1152@gort.cs.utexas.edu> <1398@ks.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 28 In article <1398@ks.UUCP> drake@ibmarc.uucp (Sam Drake) writes: >In article <1152@gort.cs.utexas.edu> jason@cs.utexas.edu (Jason Martin Levitt) writes: > >>If it's possible >>to run some kind of minimal system configuration in 120mb, will someone >>please confirm it? > >Sure, fits, no problem. If you have lots of Program Products (compilers, >extra cost applications, etc) you would probably want to NFS mount them, >along with /u. Come on, IBM's not going to run 3 page ads in every >big paper in the US advertising a configuration that won't boot! > [...stuff deleted....] >:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-( :-( :-( ;-) You're support and trust of IBM's claims is encouraging. But, I'm interested in some approximate numbers, not unsubstantiated opinions. How much space does AIX 3.1 require? X/Motif? What is the the recommended amount of swap space? [...lots of dead-end material deleted...] ----Jason ----- Jason Martin Levitt P.O. Box 49860 Austin, Texas 78765 (512) 459-0055 Internet: jason@cs.utexas.edu | "The most stupendous system of UUCP : cs.utexas.edu!hackbox!jason | organized robbery known has been that BIX : jlevitt | of the church towards woman." --Gage