Marco,
I'm running Mandrake 5.3 on a Toshiba Tecra 500 CDT. I'm not sure which model
the 220 is, but I'm guessing it's a laptop. A good place to start reading about
this stuff is the docs/HOWTO directory. I think there is a Laptop section in
the Hardware-HOWTO.
Also if you go to linuxhq.com they have the docs available online. I think the
laptop section of the hardware howto has a link to the "linux laptop" home
page. This page has info on many specific laptops. that is where I went to get
all the configuration info for mine.
As far as swap space, I have herd that 1-5 X your RAM are good sizes for swap
I have 32 Mb RAM and use a 64 Mb swap, but osview has never reported more than
20 Mb of swap usage. Since you have less Ram you might want more swap. Maybe
3-5X ? I'd try increasing it to 48 or 64 Mb...
Hope that helps...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hy,
>
> My first day with Linux ! Sorry if this mail-list is not the right one
> to ask for few solutions, just tell me.
>
> Not being computer gourou, I need info for installing right on my
> Toshiba 220, 1,2 G., 16 mega ram.
>
> - What size should be the "swap" partition Mandrake ask me to give ?
> I tried with 16 megas, but the result is that my hard-disk turns for
> hours on every command I try with the interface.
> - Which video card, refresh rate should I put for that Toshiba ?
>
> Thanks for your help, waiting for news,
> Marco
