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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> Deleted anything to do with X, games 
> pcmcia, also e3vi which is 12K and is 
> not a link to e3pi.  

Oh, yes it is.  e3vi and e3pi are the same
file (with two names).

> I tried doing dd if=/dev/ram1 and got a 
> lot of garbage 

On the screen?  That's where the output
goes when you give no of= parameter.

> I have 2435 MB of files in ram0.  There should 
> be space for links2 

Really?  links2 is 2-3mb (depending on how it's
compiled).  You've only got 1.6mb left on the 
ramdisk.

> I can put it, with a library file or two from 
> svgalib and seejpeg and the correct config file 
> to utilize them, 

You might find it easier to start with BL1, which
is already set up for vgalib.

> How would I go about adding swap-space to a BL3 
> that is running in RAMdisk?  

You'll need some HD space (either a file on an
existing partition or a swap partition).

> how do I instruct Bl3 to use it?  swapon?

For a swap file, mount the partition the 
file is on, then:
-----------------------------
swapon /full/pathname/of/file
-----------------------------

For a swap partition:
----------------
swapon /dev/hdxy      
----------------
where xy is partition designation

> You could even do this with 1.2MB floppy disks.

Early versions of the BL1 floppies were kept 
under 1.2mb so you could use 1.2mb floppies
with make_fd.bat.  I think I've got a couple 
of 1.2mb floppies in a box somewhere with BL1 
still on them.

Cheers,
Steven

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