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pattmark

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Posted: Oct. 29 2006,00:26

As i understad cfdisk cant resize a partition, i cant kill my partition yet.
I try creating a dos swapping file from the menu, it created a file in my partition where i have win98, it exist,but DSL dont use it, did i have to enable it some way?

Also, this is interesting, i try to check the exact memory used when my dsl stop by resizing firefox, before i always use it at full screen, surprise, when not in full screen, firefox just close, i can still using dsl, ustt the meory usage stay higher like when using firefox, so i guess is a bug from dsl or firefox, dont know... but again im guessing since im not an expert.

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Posted: Oct. 29 2006,09:07

i just replied to your other post,but isee you want to keep windows 98.
i couldnt get the swapfile to work so i just wiped the hard drive and made a swap partition.
i also had problems with firefox just closing so it probably is a memory thing. also the cpu was at 100% when firefox closed or the laptop froze which i think is because the laptop is only 233mhz processor and 96 memory. but since installing dsl with a frugal install and swap partition, it runs ok now.
i never did find out how to make the swap file work.

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Posted: Oct. 30 2006,01:44

i will follow your steps mrs peanut, i will get rid of windows and start fresh.

just little help, how can i create the swap partition and the partition for frugal install, how format it, i use fdisk before, also create and manage partitions on windows, is it diferent, what format should i use, how can i format a partition in dsl.

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Posted: Oct. 30 2006,10:10

to make a swap partition

run the live cd and open a terminal
type sudo cfdisk at the prompt and you should see a list of your partitions
as you are running from live cd,you can delete your windows partition.(if you are sure you want to)

to create the partition on hda1from the free space you have made type n (or create, from the menu)
select type from the menu to change file system type to linux 82(swap) partition or entering t. and decide what size to make it - at least double your actual memory and a bit more.
then you select write to write the partition table.
exit and reboot with the live cd again and it should now recognise your swap partition.
from the right click menu in dsl go to apps,tools,frugal install and follow the instructions. dsl will do the rest. you can choose grub or lilo bootloader,i chose grub, personal choice.

i hope this helps you and is clear enough to follow without problems.

pattmark

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Posted: Nov. 03 2006,05:24

ok, i delete my partitions.

im trying but without success dsl see the swap partition.

i try a lot of configurations, from the entire hard disk one swap partition, many swap, ones linux and others swap, but never get dsl see the swap.

also i try a lot installing frugal with swap partitions, diferent sizes, diferent number of partitions, all without success.

i have several days, and forget the number i used cfdisk, install and reboot, im about to give up.

i asume that when the swap partition has enabled, something changes in the desktop where swap below ram, im actually testing if the swap is on, if i use more ram that without dsl freezing, please tell me how can i see if the swap is on, it can short my test process.

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