[Mageia-discuss] Help texts for Beginner in Mageia Wiki, in English

AL13N alien at rmail.be
Sat Feb 9 14:57:22 CET 2013


Op zaterdag 9 februari 2013 09:48:30 schreef macxi:
> Em sáb 09 fev 2013, às 11:47:58, Pierre Jarillon escreveu:
> > Le samedi 9 février 2013 03:55:30, macxi a écrit :
> > > > The size of the / partition in the example is too small.
> > > > 
> > > > The size used on the root partitions of my disks, is:
> > > >   4.7GB  5.2GB  4.5GB  4.4GB(old Mdv)  6.7GB  6.6GB
> > 
> > https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Hd_partition_in_Mageia_2_for_beginners#Create_R
> > OO T_Partition
> > 
> > > > At least tell that 4.8GB is the minimum recommended size.
> > > 
> > > I agree with you, I think very little, I prefer with 6 GB, but the site
> > > of
> > > 
> > > Mageia says that the minimum requirement is 1 GB:
> > > | https://www.mageia.org/en/support/
> > > 
> > > "Hardware Requirements:
> > > (...)
> > > Storage (HDD): 1GB for a minimal installation, 6GB for a full setup;"
> > > 
> > > I don't know how to improve this text:
> > > ("the minimum can even be 2GB, but more than 6GB would be reasonable.
> > > More
> > > than 20GB is not needed".)
> > 
> > Be careful, I am not a native english speaker, but my opinion is:
> Ok, I also do not,
> I hope that other native English speakers to help correct errors.
> I am very grateful to Marja and Dbg already made ​​some corrections.
> 
> > In special cases, the minimum can even be 2GB. As a standard installation
> > needs 4 to 5GB, consider that 6GB is the minimum size and 10 to 12GB is
> > recommended.  More than 20GB is not needed.
> 
> Done:
> (in special cases, the minimum can even be 1GB or 2GB, but more than 6GB
> would be recommended. More than 20GB is not needed). See "Hardware
> Requirements"
> 
> 
> https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Hd_partition_in_Mageia_2_for_beginners#Create_ROO
> T_Partition
> > Perhaps an explanation:
> > The system needs to use temporary and useful files in /tmp and in /var
> > (log
> > and spooling files). A good advice is to have at least 1GB free.
> 
> I do not know how it's possible, but the Mageia site indicates that the
> minimum to install Mageia is 1GB:
> 
> https://www.mageia.org/en/support/
> "Storage (HDD): 1GB for a minimal installation, 6GB for a full setup;
> 
> 
> Thanks  :)

I have had a minimal install around 400MB once


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