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<sect1 id="minimum-hardware-reqts">
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<title>Meeting Minimum Hardware Requirements</title>
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Once you have gathered information about your computer's hardware,
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check that your hardware will let you do the type of installation
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</para><para arch="not-s390">
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Depending on your needs, you might manage with less than some of the
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recommended hardware listed in the table below. However, most users
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risk being frustrated if they ignore these suggestions.
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</para><para arch="i386">
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A Pentium 100 is the minimum recommended for desktop
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systems, and a Pentium II-300 for a Server.
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</para><para arch="m68k">
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A 68030 or better processor is recommended for m68k
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installs. You may get by with a little less drive space than shown.
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</para><para arch="powerpc">
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Any OldWorld or NewWorld PowerPC can serve well
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as a Desktop System. For servers, a minimum 132-Mhz machine is
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<title>Recommended Minimum System Requirements</title>
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<entry>Install Type</entry><entry>RAM</entry><entry>Hard Drive</entry>
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<entry>No desktop</entry>
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<entry>24 megabytes</entry>
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<entry>450 megabytes</entry>
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<entry>With Desktop</entry>
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<entry>64 megabytes</entry>
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<entry>1 gigabyte</entry>
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<entry>128 megabytes</entry>
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<entry>4 gigabytes</entry>
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</tbody></tgroup></table>
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Here is a sampling of some common Debian system configurations.
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You can also get an idea of the disk space used by related groups
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of programs by referring to <xref linkend="tasksel-size-list"/>.
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<term>Standard Server</term>
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This is a small server profile, useful for a stripped down server
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which does not have a lot of niceties for shell users. It includes an
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FTP server, a web server, DNS, NIS, and POP. For these 100MB of disk
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space would suffice, and then you would need to add space
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for any data you serve up.
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<varlistentry arch="not-s390">
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A standard desktop box, including the X window system, full desktop
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environments, sound, editors, etc. You'll need about 2GB using the
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standard desktop task, though it can be done in far less.
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<varlistentry arch="not-s390">
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<term>Work Console</term>
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A more stripped-down user machine, without the X window system or X
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applications. Possibly suitable for a laptop or mobile computer. The
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size is around 140MB.
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<term>Developer</term>
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A desktop setup with all the development packages, such as Perl, C,
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C++, etc. Size is around 475MB. Assuming you are adding X11 and some
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additional packages for other uses, you should plan around 800MB for
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this type of machine.
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</variablelist><para>
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Remember that these sizes don't include all the other materials which
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are usually to be found, such as user files, mail, and data. It is
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always best to be generous when considering the space for your own
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files and data. Notably, the <filename>/var</filename> partition contains
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a lot of state information specific to Debian in addition to its regular
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contents like logfiles. The
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<command>dpkg</command> files (with information on all installed
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packages) can easily consume 20MB. Also,
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<command>apt-get</command> puts downloaded packages here before they are
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installed. You should
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usually allocate at least 100MB for <filename>/var</filename>.