Feather Ubuntu, Mini Ubuntu, Ubuntu Light?

[Colin Watson]

On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 11:17:12PM -0600, Dan R. Hunt wrote:
> I have a Compaq Deskpro ENS PII400 with 128 MB of ram and only a 2 GB
> hard drive.
> Anyone have suggestions on making / trimming a mini system especially
> for this sub $30.00 computer? Yes I could spend another $16.00 and
> double the disk space, but I have some buddies who's WIN 95 machines
> are screaming for help and I would like to lend them a low cost Ubuntu
> system while I work on getting their Windows machine working again.
> 
> I've been looking for a document that states what the final install
> size of the Ubuntu system is, like this one for Woody:
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-hardware-req.en.html#s2.3

It's on the F2 screen at the CD's initial boot prompt:

  You should have space on your hard disk to create a new disk partition
  of at least 1.8 gigabytes to install a standard Ubuntu desktop system
  or at least 350 megabytes for a minimal custom installation. You'll
  need more disk space to install additional packages, depending on what
  you wish to do with your new Ubuntu system.

The final install size is actually a bit less than that, after installed
.deb files have been removed.

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                    [cjwatson at canonical.com]