10x, continue reading.... > -----Original Message----- > From: Shaul Karl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 11:54 PM > To: Tzahi Fadida > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: PCMCIA trouble > > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 04:38:29PM +0200, Tzahi Fadida wrote: > > > > i have another problem. after the base install i have 350mb left from 512, > > tasksel loaded up. > > > Does that mean that base took 172mb? For some reason I believe it > should be much much less. > i'v put 30mb swap.
> > > the Tex/Latex is 180 mb and i need it so i installed it. (still in progress) > > > Can it be that you should format your fs to use smaller blocks? Have > you seen the figures at > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install.en.htm ? > i used whats default with the install. > > > however, i also need a desktop enviornment to see the result after the latex > > formatting. > > but, (probably) only 170mb will be left. > > > > > Wouldn't X + an older fashion window manager suffice? That might also > be a more reasonable usage of the scare resources and might help to have > it run a bit faster. > yeah it will, and this is what i want but i don't know what to select in dselect or do an apt-get to get the minimum i need. do you have a suggestion? i will need a minimum X stuff and windowmanager that would fit in 176mb that were left. ultimately allowing me to run xdvi and ghostview. > > > The target system is a basic machine i can use to write transperencies and > > documents since i have to TA ("metargel") in the technion this > semester and we > > ran out of computers. (budget) > > > > the dselect is too complex, it goes on and on.... > > > I think that after some time with it you'll find out that it is > friendlier then you thought. One key fact is that you should learn to > wait for it. Don't push dselect. After pressing a key let it do its job. > Given the resources of the machine, it will take a long time. Just wait. > I believe that there are no Debian tools which will do the same job > faster. Yet you might consider: > > 1) aptitude. > 2) dpkg. > 3) Giving up the tasks and go straight to dselect to choose only the > packages of direct interest. Since dependencies are no problem and > you are an experienced Linux user I believe that shouldn't be > hard. You might also look at packages.debian.org for packages > that contains your favorite tools. > well, i usually don't mess with the packages just install everything and forget about it, so its my first time messing with space problems. > > > is there a solution? > > > > p.s: the box is thinkpad 755cx 24mb mem, 512hd p75, network card, and an > > external cdrom x6. 640x480 screen. > > > > > If there is an option to upgrade the machine I would install more RAM. it was 8mb and was upgraded to 24mb. > -- > > Shaul Karl, shaulk @ actcom . net . il > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
