On 10/30/2010 9:49 AM, Jason Hsu, embedded engineer, Linux user wrote: > I have a minimal Debian installation on a 2 GB VirtualBox hard drive. By > minimal, I mean the 150 MB Netinstall ISO without any of the packages (not > even the "base" system) I was given the option to install during the initial > installation process. And I haven't even added anything yet.
There's "minimal" and then there's /minimal/. Debian's netinst does add some things, and some of the additions can be a bit awkward. For one, the "Base System" package actually adds quite a bit. Here's the biggest hogs: gcc and friends manpages (Puppy iirc uses none) initrd/kernel (puppy uses a REALLY stripped down kernel and a REALLY well compressed one at that) kernel modules (there's some added overhead) apt's cache any and all graphical environments. > When I go to the / directory and type "du -s", I get 355960, or nearly 360 MB. Sounds about right for the netinst's defaults. > I'm using a dynamic (rather than fixed) hard drive, and its size is 601 MB. Sounds like your VM is playing games. "Dynamic" usually means there's more accounting to do. > How can Debian with nothing added on be almost triple the size of Puppy > Linux? I've heard that Debian can be configured to be just as light or even > lighter than Puppy Linux. Puppy pales in comparison to TinyCore (10MB with X and a wm and a package manager) > And do Debian and the host OS show different sizes for my virtual Debian > installation? Why is there a 241 MB difference? The error is almost double > the size of Puppy Linux. I again call shenanigans on your VM. -- Morgan Gangwere PGP Key at http://indrora.homelinux.org/gpg_key.asc >> Why? > Because it breaks the logical flow of conversation, plus makes messages unreadable. >>> Top-Posting is evil.
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