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- From: Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>
- To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile
- Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 14:47:15 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, James Miller wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> > Why does uClibc provide kernel 2.4 headers? What are they used for?
>
> This is the uClibc Debian system they provide for download there, right?
> If so, then I think kernel headers are provided for compiling programs
> that may need access to kernel headers. The VMWare I run on my newer
> computer, for example, needs access to kernel headers to compile. The
> uClibc Debian they offer is, after all, primarily for developers who may
> want to try building programs using uClibc to see if/how they work.
If Basiclinux is going to change to a new library and needs to get add-ons
from Debian instead of Slackware, would it be BL4 instead of BL3?
I find it rather confusing to get hold of Debian packages.
>
> > Where would I notice the improvement if I do add swap space? Would
> > previously used programs load faster, or the compiler run faster?
>
> I think he's recommending swap for situations in which your computer might
> run out of physical memory, not necessarily to improve performance. Sort
> of a safety valvwe scenario, as i understand it. Should you run out of
> physical memory, your system will become unstable and crash. You risk
> losing data in such cases, and maybe even risk fatally damaging your Linux
> installation.
> > James
Now I remember - I tried to install a large package (kernel source code
needed to compile kernel modules) and it crashed and I needed to run
e2fsk, which might have been prevented if i had a swap partition twice the
size of my RAM (which is 82MB in that computer).
But I don't want to sacrifice an entire partition to swap partition. I
have one Win98 FAT32, one FAT16 DOS, one BL2 and one spare which I was
going to use for BL3. The hard drive is 16G. I suppose I could add a
second drive for swap partition but then I would need to add a power
connector for it. Can someone explain how to make a swap file on an
existing partition, and can it be on the FAT32 or FAT16 or BL2 partition,
for use by both BL2 and BL3?
Sindi
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Re: [BL] Rescue Disk not needed anymore but what about partitions
, (continued)
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Re: [BL] Rescue Disk not needed anymore but what about partitions,
Sindi Keesan, 07/12/2004
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Re: [BL] Rescue Disk not needed anymore but what about partitions,
3aoo-cvfd, 07/12/2004
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Re: [BL] Rescue Disk not needed anymore but what about partitions,
Sindi Keesan, 07/13/2004
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[BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile,
Sindi Keesan, 07/13/2004
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Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile,
3aoo-cvfd, 07/13/2004
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Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile,
Sindi Keesan, 07/13/2004
- Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile, Sindi Keesan, 07/15/2004
- Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile, 3aoo-cvfd, 07/16/2004
- Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile, Sindi Keesan, 07/16/2004
- Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile, James Miller, 07/16/2004
- Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile, Sindi Keesan, 07/17/2004
- Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile, James Miller, 07/17/2004
- Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile, 3aoo-cvfd, 07/17/2004
- Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile, Sindi Keesan, 07/17/2004
- Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile, 3aoo-cvfd, 07/18/2004
- Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile, Sindi Keesan, 07/18/2004
- Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile, 3aoo-cvfd, 07/18/2004
- Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile, Sindi Keesan, 07/19/2004
- Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile, 3aoo-cvfd, 07/21/2004
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Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile,
Sindi Keesan, 07/13/2004
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Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile,
3aoo-cvfd, 07/13/2004
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[BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile,
Sindi Keesan, 07/13/2004
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Re: [BL] Rescue Disk not needed anymore but what about partitions,
Sindi Keesan, 07/13/2004
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Re: [BL] Rescue Disk not needed anymore but what about partitions,
3aoo-cvfd, 07/12/2004
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Re: [BL] Rescue Disk not needed anymore but what about partitions,
Sindi Keesan, 07/12/2004
- Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile, 3aoo-cvfd, 07/17/2004
- Re: [BL] BL1 without swap partition can compile, 3aoo-cvfd, 07/16/2004
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