Hi,

On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 17:30:41 -0700 (PDT), Alvin Oga 
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> On Sun, 31 Aug 2003, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
... 
> > .._silent!_ fans.
> 
> fans are usually quiet... it's the air that's noisy, air that wanna
> pass thru them tiny, rough edged holes :-)

..oh yeah?  Try run a fan in a vacuum chamber.  ;-)

>       ( didnt like  "work/websites" :-)

..stuff it in ~funny/ then.  ;-)
 
> > /dev/hdb5              73G   54G   15G  78% /mnt
> 
> humm ... bad idea to use /mnt as a specific parttition's mount point

..stop gap measure, back-up of /dev/hda.  ;-)

>       - gets confusing for /mnt/floppy or /mnt/cdrom  or /mnt/firewire
> 
> > > 512MB     <swap>          /dev/hda7       - add memory if you need more mem
> > 
> > ..depends on what you do, I use 2 times the maximum supportable 
> > by the main system board, to minimize down time on upgrades.
> 
> too much swap being used ... implies a very very slow system ...
>       - if 256MB or 512MB of swapp is used ... add more memory
>       ( it'd run 10x faster ... with memory instead of swap space )

..on upgrading memory for an isp bandwidth trottle, would my "very 
very slow system"-approach, really really be less cost effective 
than your disk re-format?  ;-)

> > > move /var/www to /home/www  so that user data is separate from
> > > system/var files
> > 
> > ...and symlink'em...  ;-)
> 
> a test :-)  of understanding what one just did :-)

..well, the initial thread poster helpfully adviced he is a newbie, 
which helpful next-posters might take advantage of on passing on 
those wee helpful hints; first teach, then test, newbie.  ;-)

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.


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