User Feedback :: Come on, DSL ist to beat Win98!!!!!?
If windows is thrown out of the lilo when Linux is put on, then simply by hand enter the hardrive partition into lilo where does is (fdisk), and then you have your "windows" back
I am astonished, that here 16MB are praised and I have got not even graphics and Win98 on the same machine is giving me full graphics
What I am going to try now is a Knoppix Live CD Professional 3.7 and then I will check if lynx and the net services are up and running? How do I init the Internet package, or how can I see past trying out PING, that it is on?! I simple pppd script and then I hope the IP addresses are given me be the ISP
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I am astonished, that here 16MB are praised and I have got not even graphics and Win98 on the same machine is giving me full graphics
Maybe you haven't hit upon the magic video settings yet? The Win98 graphics seems to indicate that the right settings probably exist at any rate.You are comparing a hard drive install with running from a CD? I've never seen Win 98 run with 16MB of ram from a CD either...The main issue remains, that DSL autodetects my NeoMagic Card configures it and then KNOWS that there is 16MB of RAM. Knoppix for example aborts your CDRom-Running since it takes 4MB Ramdisk and then says, you cannot start X. Now, when DSL already gives me partial graphics and then hangs, it ain't my fault
And all I am saying is: If I put it on HDD, I doubt that this will salove it right away. Nevertheless in Win98 I do not even have to bother See, the computer is to serve me, and not the other way around. If DSL brags to run on 16MB, you tell me how I can do it (Or the money back!)Did you try to boot with the boot option "minimal" This should give you a lean ram footprint, while providing X ..
..at the boot prompt, type ' minimal '
A DSL HDInstall would also use less ram, giving you more ram for tasks.
Running LiveCD does eat more ram, since everything is running in ram, unlike your Win98 install, which uses the HD to it's favor for storing files.
So, an apples to apples comparison would only be fair. Most 16MB DSL users do install to Hard Drive ..
Another BIG help to you would be to make some swap space .. Win98 also does this to your hard drive, trading HD space for virtual ram. Win98 usually makes a file in your C:/ calles swapfile.sys , or similar
This command will make a swapfile for DSL to use on your Win98 partition .. /usr/sbin/mkdosswapfile or, use the menu in X under System > Setup DOS swapfile
Using all these tips will allow you an X experience on your box in 16MB's
