On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> I currently have OBSD running on my P-II with an 850 MB drive and 64 MB

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> ram.  On install, I chose not to include the compiler set over concern

> re drive space.  The FAQ says how much space is required to minimally

> run OBSD and it says how much to be able to comfortably compile ("4G is

> not a bad size").

>

> It may not be "bad" but what is the absolute minimum size of hard drive

> for an i386 to be able to recompile any necessary patches itself?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Doug.

4G is not a bad size. ;-)
(Longer and detailed reply sent offlist -- bottom line, there is

no definite minimum.  250MB for comp41.tgz installed, about 120MB

more to rebuild a kernel, unknowable amounts for rebuilding parts

of userland, ranging from near zero to near 2GB).
Solutions: a second fleabay disk, NFS or use a second box.
Dave

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