Memory problemForum: DSL Embedded Topic: Memory problem started by: SW76532 Posted by SW76532 on Jan. 15 2006,01:53
Greetings, I recently installed DSL embedded and it runs rather sluggishly. I am a Linux newbie and I've noticed that it says I have 128 MB of RAM, which is incorrect. I have 640 MB of RAM. I've tried finding ways to fix this issue, but I haven't been able to. Please help. Here is a screenshot of what I see when loading DSL: < http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/5619/dsl0vm.jpg > Posted by SW76532 on Jan. 15 2006,01:57
< http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/8039/dsl26mi.jpg >
Posted by cbagger01 on Jan. 16 2006,06:14
Edit your DSL-windows.bat file.Add the line: -m 256 in front of the -hda parameter. This reserves 256 MB of RAM for your "Virtual Computer" that is running the DSL Embedded OS. If you want to go higher, be my guest. But I don't recommend using all 640MB of RAM because the host operating system (MSWindows) will not like that. Posted by SW6546547654 on Jan. 16 2006,07:55
I did what you asked and it's still unbareably slow. Thank you for your help though.
Posted by andrewb on Jan. 16 2006,08:52
If you are using Windows XP to run embedded use the vplayer virtual machine rather than qemu. Qemu is slow - not DSL!Search for Vplayer on these forums to find out what to do. Posted by pr0f3550r on Jan. 16 2006,10:49
1)128MB ram is fine to run DSL on qemu. If you put more, ironically it will slow down.2)If you have admin rights on Win box < Install and run kQemu > Posted by sub on May 04 2006,18:21
I searched all forums from the begging and im not showing anything except this post that even mentions vplayer. Posted by desnotes on May 04 2006,20:44
It is actually VMWare. If you are going to run embedded DSL on your own Windows machine only then VMWare is the way to go. If you end up using it on an USB drive and carry it around then Qemu is better. Qemu is slower than VMWare but tweaking DSL can make it reasonably fast.desNotes |