On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 03:50:25PM +, Gary Turner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I will be upgrading soon to a faster box. This will leave me a
> machine to use strictly in Debian-Linux. I will use the Debian
> package because it seems to be the distribution least hidden (behind
> make-easy app
"John L . Fjellstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [1 ]
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 10:46:11AM +0400, Rino Mardo wrote:
>
> > /swap - 2xRAM
>
> I don't think the 'rule' of swap being 2xRAM is necessary anymore.
> I have 256 MB RAM, and 133 MB swap, and hardly use the swap at all
> (currently us
On 18 Sep 2000, John L . Fjellstad wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 10:46:11AM +0400, Rino Mardo wrote:
>
> > /swap - 2xRAM
>
> I don't think the 'rule' of swap being 2xRAM is necessary anymore.
> I have 256 MB RAM, and 133 MB swap, and hardly use the swap at all
> (currently using about 712 KB
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 10:46:11AM +0400, Rino Mardo wrote:
> /swap - 2xRAM
I don't think the 'rule' of swap being 2xRAM is necessary anymore.
I have 256 MB RAM, and 133 MB swap, and hardly use the swap at all
(currently using about 712 KB of swap). My system can have up to
1 GB of RAM. I hard
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 12:14:39PM +0400, Rino Mardo wrote:
>
> yes you can do away without /boot. i'm just being generous here. in fact, /
> can be 64MB only or even 50MB if my memory serves me right
even on my most bloated install / is only taking up 19MB
as for /boot there was just a mention
On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 11:54:13PM -0800 or thereabouts, Ethan Benson wrote:
> > /boot - 50MB
> > / - 256MB
> > /usr - 2GB
> > /swap - 2xRAM
>
> /var at least 1GB (for /var/cache/apt)
> /tmp at least 50MB to 100MB
>
> and ditch /boot you don't need it and its more trouble then its worth,
> just
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 10:46:11AM +0400, Rino Mardo wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 03:50:25PM + or thereabouts, Gary Turner wrote:
> > ultimate functionality and safety. Until software gets even more out
> > of hand, I am memory and HD rich.
> >
> > The system will consist of:
> > PII 350
On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 03:50:25PM + or thereabouts, Gary Turner wrote:
> ultimate functionality and safety. Until software gets even more out
> of hand, I am memory and HD rich.
>
> The system will consist of:
> PII 350 mHz, Spacewalker HOT 661, Award BIOS
> 192 meg ram
> 8 gig HD (primary m
I will be upgrading soon to a faster box. This will leave me a
machine to use strictly in Debian-Linux. I will use the Debian
package because it seems to be the distribution least hidden (behind
make-easy apps) and closest to the OS. The box will be used as a
learning/development tool. Eventual
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