On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 21:32, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2002-05-08T01:56:57Z, Seneca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > More RAM perhaps to bring down the swapping load? > > > I would if I could afford it, I can't even afford to buy lunch, much less > > a pair of 16M DIMMs (and that would max out this laptop's memory). The > > only memory laying around is physically incompatible with my laptop. > > Nonetheless, I think that's your only real option. If you're that low on > RAM, then you'll constantly be tearing through swap. In technical terms, > your computer is going nuts. > > OTOH, I understand student budgets. If your system is that low-end, then > you can probably upgrade to a whole new computer for less than what you'd > pay for RAM. I'd say that about 2 trips to your local plasma donation > center can probably get you a used Celeron system with 128MB of RAM.
A previous response from dman has, I think, the most short-term utility: what are you doing on that system? Are you running X? If so, dump it! Be ruthless in paring your system down. Don't even use vim. elvis is much smaller. You are running a custom kernel configured with as many modules as possible, right? Create an hourly cron job that does "rmmod -a", to eliminate any unused modules. -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | You ask us the same question every day, and we give you | | the same answer every day. Someday, we hope that you will | | believe us... | | Donald Rumsfeld, to a reporter | +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
