Mine is 3.75 X RAM (64M) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Byron Como" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <General@brlug.net> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 8:43 AM Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] Proposed distrib utions to donate
> I believe the recomended swapfile size for 2.4 kernels is 2x ram size. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry Braud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <General@brlug.net> > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 6:34 AM > Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] Proposed distrib > utions to donate > > > > I have a 5.7 G, and I used 240 MB for the swap. Nothing else on the drive. > > Larry > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Doug Riddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <General@brlug.net> > > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:05 PM > > Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] Proposed distrib > > utions to donate > > > > > > > Larry: > > > What was the size of your HDD? You needed at least 600MB for the > > > initial install. You needed a partion at least as large as you RAM > > > fr the swap file. All of that should have been in the readme.txt > > > > > > --- Larry Braud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Next problem. I wiped all info off the primary drive and divided it > > > > into the > > > > main and a swap drive. I then started the installation and after > > > > about 15/20 > > > > minutes I get an error message: Basesystem failed, and the next > > > > error > > > > window: Base install failed. > > > > I then try to restart and there is no active OS available. > > > > I did not have any of these problems when I installed Mandrake. > > > > Larry > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Larry Braud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <General@brlug.net> > > > > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 6:42 PM > > > > Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] Proposed > > > > distrib > > > > utions to donate > > > > > > > > > > > > > When Jim mentioned about the 8.3 filename, I had to copy the > > > > files to the > > > > > hard drive and rename them. The problem is that the ide and scsi > > > > files are > > > > > on the same directory. Once I had the files named right, the > > > > "rawrite" > > > > > program wrote to the floppies. > > > > > I think this is a major problem for anyone that has to make the > > > > floppies. > > > > > Without DOS experience, one would not know what to do when > > > > nothing works. > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Doug Riddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: <General@brlug.net> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 5:17 PM > > > > > Subject: RE: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] > > > > Proposed distrib > > > > > utions to donate > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The debian address was a cut and paste (read operator) error. > > > > If it > > > > > > is not working for either file, it could be a file name size > > > > issue, > > > > > > although I do not remember having that issue... the file sizes > > > > on > > > > > > those should be 474560. Try it with just: rawrite > > > > floppy1-ide.img > > > > > > skipping the variables. Let's see if you get an error and if > > > > so, > > > > > > what it is. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have to go pick up my daughter, back about a quarter till > > > > six... > > > > > > > > > > > > Doug > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > General mailing list > > > > > General@brlug.net > > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > General@brlug.net > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > Warmest Regards, > > > Doug Riddle > > > http://www.dougriddle.com > > > > > > ## Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are > > the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington ## > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > > > http://finance.yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > General@brlug.net > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General@brlug.net > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
