[Bio-Linux] Install size of BL8?

Andor J Kiss kissaj at miamioh.edu
Mon Jan 12 09:13:48 EST 2015


Hi Tim,

    Thanks.  Is it a better strategy to upgrade the Ubuntu install from
12.04 to 14.04 and then convert to Bio-Linux, or better to convert to
Bio-Linux and then upgrade from Bio-Linux 7 to Bio-Linux 8?

Thanks,
Andor

On Mon, 2015-01-12 at 10:57 +0000, Tim Booth wrote:

> Hi Andor,
> 
> 8.6 GB is the unpacked size.  You'll need a little more that that in
> reality but 30GB is plenty assuming you have another disk to store your
> big data files.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> TIM
> 
> On Sat, 2015-01-10 at 15:03 +0000, Andor J Kiss wrote:
> > Hi Tim & All,
> > 
> >     What is the installed size of Bio-Linux 8 (14.04)?  I have a
> > separate 30 GB OS partition and wanted to make sure I have enough
> > space before I upgrade and convert to Bio-Linux on this machine
> > (currently on Ubuntu (non-Bio-Linux) 12.04.4
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > 
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