Re: Re: Hard Discs and Virtual Memory ...

2002-05-02 Thread Hans Ekbrand
> Speaking of which, is there a way to > build a Linux Terminal on a 386 with only 60MB > HDD? > > ->Scwawcaac<- What kind of terminal did you have in mind? X-terminal or character based telnet terminal in a LAN? Then it is easier to go completely diskless (www.ltsp.org). I recently made a router

Re: Re: Hard Discs and Virtual Memory ...

2002-05-02 Thread Soul Computer
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 06:48:47AM +0800, csj wrote: > Shouldn't he be using the bigger disk for swap? A 1.2 GB drive is likely > to be slower (older=slower). I think he's got the right idea. The drive may be slower, but it won't be doing anything else, so swap requests won't have to wait for oth

Re: Hard Discs and Virtual Memory ...

2002-05-01 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 06:48:47AM +0800, csj wrote: > Shouldn't he be using the bigger disk for swap? A 1.2 GB drive is likely > to be slower (older=slower). I think he's got the right idea. The drive may be slower, but it won't be doing anything else, so swap requests won't have to wait for oth

Re: Re: Hard Discs and Virtual Memory ...

2002-05-01 Thread dman
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 08:19:46AM -0700, Soul Computer wrote: | > Anybody know an easy way to losslessly repartition ext3 to fill | > the void after removing an old swap partition? | | I don't know if it's easy (or safe), but shouldn't GNU parted do the | trick? I used parted to expand an ext2

Re: Re: Hard Discs and Virtual Memory ...

2002-05-01 Thread Soul Computer
On Wed, 1 May 2002 06:48:47 +0800 csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 19:44:22 -0700 (PDT) "Paul 'Baloo' Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please turn your word wrap on. > > On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Soul Computer wrote: > > > I remember that Linux can use a partition for virtua

Re: Hard Discs and Virtual Memory ...

2002-04-30 Thread csj
On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 19:44:22 -0700 (PDT) "Paul 'Baloo' Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please turn your word wrap on. > > On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Soul Computer wrote: > > > I remember that Linux can use a partition for virtual memory. Well > > ... I want to upgrade my computer by adding an 8

Re: Re: Hard Discs and Virtual Memory ...

2002-04-28 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin Soul Computer quotation: > > I will word wrap manually by pressing . I > apologize for any problems Earthlink's Webmail may > have cuased everyone. Please configure it to do proper quoting. If it can't, complain to customer service. -- Shawn McMahon| McMahon's Laws

Re: Re: Hard Discs and Virtual Memory ...

2002-04-28 Thread Soul Computer
On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 19:44:22 -0700 (PDT) Paul 'Baloo' Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Please turn your word wrap on. == I will word wrap manually by pressing . I apologize for any problems Earthlink's Webmail may have cuased everyone. ->Scwa

Re: Hard Discs and Virtual Memory ...

2002-04-27 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
Please turn your word wrap on. On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Soul Computer wrote: > I remember that Linux can use a partition for virtual memory. Well > ... I want to upgrade my computer by adding an 80GB HDD and making it > the boot disc. The second (original HDD will then be delegated to > some other

Re: Hard Discs and Virtual Memory ...

2002-04-27 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 10:12:11AM -0700, Soul Computer wrote: > I remember that Linux can use a partition for virtual memory. Well > ... I want to upgrade my computer by adding an 80GB HDD and making it > the boot disc. The second (original HDD will then be delegated to > some other use. It is