why not save more RAM free, and not wasted ?

Forum: User Feedback
Topic: why not save more RAM free, and not wasted ?
started by: BV1AL

Posted by BV1AL on Dec. 21 2005,17:12

why it is "*1.1" in "linuxrc" and not any value less than "1.1" ?

line 421, code:
SIZE="$(/usr/bin/du -s $COPY | /usr/bin/gawk '{print int($1*1.1)}')"

for the original DSL 2.0, this will make about 4.5MB RAM wasted.

(when boot with option "toram", the "/cdrom/" is on RAMDISK but
read-only, so I say it is "wasted")

if I remastered DSL and make "KNOPPIX" size up to say 70MB, this
will make about 7.7 MB RAM wasted.

this is meaningful when boot on some "small RAM" machine.

so I reduce the value to "1.01", and it work without problem.

Posted by roberts on Dec. 27 2005,01:18

Looks good. Look for this 2.1RC3 rsn.
Thanks for sharing.