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+ <sect1 id="minimum-hardware-reqts">
+<title>Meeting Minimum Hardware Requirements</title>
+<para>
+
+Once you have gathered information about your computer's hardware,
+check that your hardware will let you do the type of installation
+that you want to do.
+
+</para><para arch="not-s390">
+
+Depending on your needs, you might manage with less than some of the
+recommended hardware listed in the table below. However, most users
+risk being frustrated if they ignore these suggestions.
+
+</para><para arch="i386">
+
+A Pentium 100 is the minimum recommended for desktop
+systems, and a Pentium II-300 for a Server.
+
+</para><para arch="m68k">
+
+A 68030 or better processor is recommended for m68k
+installs. You may get by with a little less drive space than shown.
+
+</para><para arch="powerpc">
+
+Any OldWorld or NewWorld PowerPC can serve well
+as a Desktop System. For servers, a minimum 132-Mhz machine is
+recommended.
+
+</para>
+
+<table>
+<title>Recommended Minimum System Requirements</title>
+<tgroup cols="3">
+<thead>
+<row>
+  <entry>Install Type</entry><entry>RAM</entry><entry>Hard Drive</entry>
+</row>
+</thead>
+
+<tbody>
+<row>
+  <entry>No desktop</entry>
+  <entry>24 megabytes</entry>
+  <entry>450 megabytes</entry>
+</row><row>
+  <entry>With Desktop</entry>
+  <entry>64 megabytes</entry>
+  <entry>1 gigabyte</entry>
+</row><row>
+  <entry>Server</entry>
+  <entry>128 megabytes</entry>
+  <entry>4 gigabytes</entry>
+</row>
+
+</tbody></tgroup></table>
+
+<para>
+
+Here is a sampling of some common Debian system configurations.
+You can also get an idea of the disk space used by related groups
+of programs by referring to <xref linkend="tasksel-size-list"/>.
+
+</para>
+<variablelist>
+
+<varlistentry>
+ <term>Standard Server</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+
+This is a small server profile, useful for a stripped down server
+which does not have a lot of niceties for shell users.  It includes an
+FTP server, a web server, DNS, NIS, and POP. For these 100MB of disk
+space would suffice, and then you would need to add space
+for any data you serve up.
+
+</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry arch="not-s390">
+ <term>Desktop</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+
+A standard desktop box, including the X window system, full desktop
+environments, sound, editors, etc.  You'll need about 2GB using the
+standard desktop task, though it can be done in far less.
+
+</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry arch="not-s390">
+ <term>Work Console</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+
+A more stripped-down user machine, without the X window system or X
+applications.  Possibly suitable for a laptop or mobile computer.  The
+size is around 140MB.
+
+</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+ <term>Developer</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+
+A desktop setup with all the development packages, such as Perl, C,
+C++, etc.  Size is around 475MB.  Assuming you are adding X11 and some
+additional packages for other uses, you should plan around 800MB for
+this type of machine.
+
+</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+</variablelist><para>
+
+Remember that these sizes don't include all the other materials which
+are usually to be found, such as user files, mail, and data.  It is
+always best to be generous when considering the space for your own
+files and data.  Notably, the <filename>/var</filename> partition contains
+a lot of state information specific to Debian in addition to its regular
+contents like logfiles.  The
+<command>dpkg</command> files (with information on all installed
+packages) can easily consume 20MB. Also,
+<command>apt-get</command> puts downloaded packages here before they are
+installed. You should
+usually allocate at least 100MB for <filename>/var</filename>.
+
+</para>
+
+ </sect1>
+