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

Hard Discs and Virtual Memory ...

2002-04-27 Thread Soul Computer
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 1.2GB. I was wondering if Linux could co-opt this second HDD en lie