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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> OK, BasicLinux 3.00 is now available:
>
> -----------------------------------------
> http://www.volny.cz/basiclinux/bl3-00.zip
> -----------------------------------------
>
> There is a small swap file in the zip to augment the memory
> on low RAM systems.  If you have 4mb RAM, you *must* activate
> the swap file.  It is also a good idea for 8mb RAM (with more
> RAM than that, forget about the swap file).  You activate the
> swap file by unzipping it (in C:\baslin).

Great news, Steven.  Can't wait to try it.  One question: can it use a
swap partition if one exists, rather than the swap file?

> See /etc/rc.  BTW, any configuration changes you make to BL3 will
> *not* disappear when you reboot.  They will still be there next
> time you boot.  So, if you edit /etc/rc or /etc/profile, your
> changes will come into effect the next time you boot.

Is this change made using the cat /dev/ram0 > ramdisk routine suggested by
Ian?  If so, I guess you made this into a script that runs on reboot or
something?  Nice approach . . .

Hope to try this soon and report back.

Thanks, James