mikshaw
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Posted: Sep. 20 2005,15:19 |
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That's correct...myDSL packages with a *.dsl extension install into ram. Those with *.tar.gz extension install into ram unless you use a persistent opt directory. Those with a *.uci extension are mounted, and don't really use much ram at all until you actually run the program.
I don't know how ramdisk and swap interact, so i can't help with that. What I can say is that it's possible to move /usr to your harddrive so that all (or at least most) *.dsl packages are installed there instead of in the ramdisk. It would require su'ing to root, mounting the harddrive, copying /KNOPPIX/usr/ to the harddrive, deleting the /usr symlink, replacing it with a /usr directory, and mounting /mnt/path/to/new/usr to the new mountpoint (with --bind option).
I'm not recommending this...just saying it's one way to avoid filling up your ramdisk. However, with that much disk space and that little ram, you might consider doing a "full" harddrive install instead of using frugal if you want to use the memory-hogging gtk2 applications.
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