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Topic: Persistent myDSL extensions, how to make DSL autoload myDSL ext's

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larkl

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Posted: Jan. 07 2006,14:46

Well,

After reading this post, I'm not sure that my answer is correct. I guess I'm sure that what I'm doing works, looks like what you did should work, unless this is specific to USB booting.

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jags78

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Posted: Jan. 07 2006,15:07

Just tried the previous suggestion, and I still get the same error when I try to load the extension, saying I am out of space.

Does myDSL load all the applications into ramdisk? Are they not extracted to a permenint place on the HD?

Ok so it looks like it loads everything under /..., according to df that only has 2.3 mb left, that would be why I am running out of space.

So my next question is how can I get more space under there or how can I extract the mydsl extention to someplace else.

Again thanks.

jags78

mikshaw

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Posted: Jan. 07 2006,15:25

Is your swap actually being used? How much ram do you have? Those are the two question i'd be paying most attention to...the size of hda1 means very little when you're dealing with mydsl.

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jags78

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Posted: Jan. 07 2006,16:12

I am not sure how to check if my swap is being used, I am pretty new to linux.

How can I check?

I have 64mb of ram on this old 133mhz MMX laptop.

**EDIT***
So I figured out how to check the swap information. In /etc/fstab I have a line that says /dev/hda6 none swap defaults 0 0. It says it was added by KNOPPIX. So it looks like I have the swap enabled.

When I run: cat /proc/meminfo

I get

SwapTotal: 262040
SwapFree: 210452

So it looks like it is being used.

**END EDIT**

-jags78

mikshaw

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Posted: Jan. 07 2006,20:18

I'm not sure i can help any further except to say that your ramdisk might be filling up.
df -h might give you a more detailed view of your available space.

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