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On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 09:44:02PM +0200, Matthias Hentges wrote:
> Am Mon, 2003-09-01 um 20.25 schrieb Carlos Sousa:
> > On 02 Sep 2003 01:43:25 +0800 David Palme
All true:-
Bollocks.
Last I looked, swap space (file or partition) is a way to extend virtual
memory by grabbing some disk space for the effect, and is thus
completely
optional. Your system may handle heavier applications simultaneously if
you give it some swap space, but as long as you have a de
On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 07:20:33PM +0200, Rogier Wolff wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 05:13:22PM +, zoe wrote:
> > apologies for my post yesterday
>
> Accepted.
>
> > red hat, suse, mandrake, caldera, and half a dozen
> > other distributions all crashed or became unworkable)
>
> Sounds lik
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 16:37, zoe wrote:
> many thanks for the speedy replies
>
> I will ask my friend to investigate your
> much appreciated recommendations.
> He is def confident its fixable.
>
> Ram I have got 524 mb of quality memmory
> so my friend agrees the swap is not needed.
For that mu
On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 21:37:12 GMT zoe wrote:
>
> Ram I have got 524 mb of quality memmory
> so my friend agrees the swap is not needed.
It wouldn't hurt to reserve a disk partition for swap, though, as it
will be more difficult (and risky) to add it afterwards. But then, a
swap file is also anothe
many thanks for the speedy replies
I will ask my friend to investigate your
much appreciated recommendations.
He is def confident its fixable.
Ram I have got 524 mb of quality memmory
so my friend agrees the swap is not needed.
So me thinks Hard ware problems are more likely
or at least my linu
Am Mon, 2003-09-01 um 20.25 schrieb Carlos Sousa:
> On 02 Sep 2003 01:43:25 +0800 David Palmer wrote:
> > The swap file is absolutely necessary.
> > This is the space on the disc where operating transactions take place.
> > Without a swap file, you don't have a system.
>
> Bollocks.
>
> Last I lo
On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 01:20 am, Rogier Wolff wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 05:13:22PM +, zoe wrote:
> > red hat, suse, mandrake, caldera, and half a dozen
> > other distributions all crashed or became unworkable)
>
> Sounds like a hardware problem in your computer.
I second this. Everything yo
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 01:43:25AM +0800, David Palmer wrote:
> The swap file is absolutely necessary.
> This is the space on the disc where operating transactions take place.
> Without a swap file, you don't have a system.
That isn't true. With enough memory, swap is unnecessary. Even without
eno
On 02 Sep 2003 01:43:25 +0800 David Palmer wrote:
> The swap file is absolutely necessary.
> This is the space on the disc where operating transactions take place.
> Without a swap file, you don't have a system.
Bollocks.
Last I looked, swap space (file or partition) is a way to extend virtual
me
On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 01:43:25 +0800
David Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The swap file is absolutely necessary.
> This is the space on the disc where operating transactions take place.
RAM is necessary, swap is not. Swap is just an extension of RAM for when
it overflows.
--
-johann koenig
No
The swap file is absolutely necessary.
This is the space on the disc where operating transactions take place.
Without a swap file, you don't have a system.
Straight Debian is a little bit difficult to start out with.
I would recommend beginning with a more 'accessible' system, perhaps
Libranet whic
On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 05:13:22PM +, zoe wrote:
> apologies for my post yesterday
Accepted.
> red hat, suse, mandrake, caldera, and half a dozen
> other distributions all crashed or became unworkable)
Sounds like a hardware problem in your computer.
> But then the desk bar/task bar stated
apologies for my post yesterday
new ignorant user, who has broken both her
wrist and her debian
plus did not think I was ready yet for your list.
over the weekend my capable linux buddy installed
woody for me, its my tenth + try with linux
(I think I am cursed.. we have previous tried
red hat,
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