[Live-demo] different system requirements in documentation (osgeolive_quickstart vs. osgeolive_install_quickstart)

Alex Mandel tech_dev at wildintellect.com
Sat Jul 30 10:39:35 PDT 2011


On 07/30/2011 04:27 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> On 29/07/11 17:46, Thomas Baschetti wrote:
>> Hi,
>> while translating i noticed a difference between
>> osgeolive_install_quickstart.rst and osgeolive_quickstart.rst
>> regarding system requirements
>>
>> osgeolive_quickstart:
>> * 5 Gig if you wish to install the operating system.
>>
>> osgeolive_install_quickstart.rst:
>> * 12 Gig of spare Hard Disk Space
>>
>> I think we should choose one, preferably the correct (which i don't know)
> 
> Thomas, thanks for catching this error. I've updated so that both docs
> now say 5 Gig of hard space.
> 

5 GB is only if you plan to run directly from the ISO. A direct install
will likely take close to the same as the current vm. So I think 10 GB
is the minimum for an install or for running the vm from the vmdk file.

I'll update the number.

Thanks,
Alex



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