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

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
+