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Posted: Aug. 21 2005,08:55 QUOTE

BINGO: DSL VGA=771 host= On 30MB LinuxSwap File!!!

It is all about logic, what we do not find here that much of?

The DOSSWAP can only be made, when the program is up and running
if you stick to the DSL boot prompter :( (What a service)
And your DSL 16MB AD here was probabaly on an HDD installation
and not like mine NOW with the LIVE CD.

Here it goes: All what you need is a Linux SWAP partition  (YAST) which
DSL finds in /etc/fstab right away, and then it got my system
running: I used frambuffering for a start, got a fuzzy 8Bit
picture, but it works very fine for this humble beginning, and
I do not even need an Win98 DOS-SWAP: How is that fpr pure Linux!
Huraah..

Now let's get this old Lexmark Z11 printer going, the PPP and then
we can FIREFOX :)

Improvement: DSL should learn to scan for DOSSWAP on such partitions
and if there is none offer to create 1. This DILLO getting.started.html
should be included at the DSL boot prompt to read to give one a
much better idea where we are trying to go.. You must feel Linux in
order to beat Windows! Veni Vedi Vici
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Posted: Aug. 21 2005,17:53 QUOTE

You installed dsl! Congrats! :D

Ya, setting up the swap (virtual memory) early is key to getting the PCs with low memory (under 32 mb) up and running. It is a bit of a bootstrapping process...

Now that you've conquered that PC, I bet you'll never look at another old PC the same way.

Kudos to all the damnsmalllinux folks who did this for us!
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