diff --git a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Installation-HOWTO.sgml b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Installation-HOWTO.sgml index 547e15c5..e3a52d64 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Installation-HOWTO.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Installation-HOWTO.sgml @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
You'll need free space for Linux on your hard drive. The amount of
-space needed depends on how much software you plan to install. Most
-installations require somewhere in the ballpark of 200 to 500 megs.
+space needed depends on how much software you plan to install. Today most
+installations require somewhere in the ballpark of a gigabyte of space.
This includes space for the software, swap space (used as virtual
RAM on your machine), and free space for users, and so on.
-It's conceivable that you could run a minimal Linux system in 80
-megs or less (this used to be common when Linux distributions were
-smaller), and it's conceivable that you could use well over 500
-megs or more for all of your Linux software. The amount varies
-greatly depending on the amount of software you install and how
-much space you require. More about this later.
+It's conceivable that you could run a minimal Linux system in 80 megs or
+less (this used to be common when Linux distributions were smaller), and
+it's conceivable that you could use two gigabytes or more for all of your
+Linux software. The amount varies greatly depending on the amount of
+software you install and how much space you require. More about this later.
Linux will co-exist with other operating systems, such as MS-DOS,
Microsoft Windows, or OS/2, on your hard drive. (In fact you can
@@ -416,7 +414,8 @@ root floppies from an MS-DOS system. If you have access to a UNIX
workstation with a floppy drive instead, you can create the
floppies from there, using the `dd' command, or possibly a
vendor-provided build script. See the man page for dd(1) and ask
-your local UNIX gurus for assistance.
+your local UNIX gurus for assistance. There's a dd example later
+in this document.