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<0> 'lo.
<1> Hey dudes.
<1> Im about to install slackware 10.2 on my new laptop. Im just wondering how much swap i should partition?
<1> Its an ibm r60 with 2gb of ram.
<2> what will you use the system for?
<1> mostly programming
<2> for desktop use, you shouldn't need any swap with 2gb of ram (but throw in 512mb just to be safe)
<1> and web programming to.
<2> that **** doesn't eat even 512mb of ram
<1> alright so i should be safe with 512/.
<1> ?
<2> more than safe
<2> if everything is working properly, you should find your swap is NEVER userd.
<2> er.. used
<1> hmm.
<1> How can i check that?
<2> use 'free'
<1> alright thanks.
<1> well. Im going to install now. thanks for the help!
<2> no problem
<1> okay im sorry.
<1> I have another really quick question.
<1> ibm for some reason have split my 80gb hard drive into two.
<1> one is a 70gig partition with my os on it. the other is a 10gb partition called ibm service.
<1> is it okay to have my linux partition and swap inbetween the two?
<1> so ill have [ibm 50][linux 20][ibm service 10]
<1> anyone around?
<3> yes
<3> im here sir
<1> :P
<1> Is it okay to have my linux partiton inbetween two other partitions?
<1> ibm made one partition (the main one) and then another right beside it which is called ibm service.
<3> well ideally you should have more than one linux partition
<1> can i have etx3 and my swap inbetween the two?
<3> yes
<1> Well, I tried installing and when i booted into the cd, it told me i had no partitions :S
<1> i double checked them in pm before.
<1> and cfdisk tells me that i cant view the partiton table.
<3> you have existing partitions and you want to add more?
<1> yes, i have a main one. for my windows. then another, IBM put the partition on there.. i dont even know what its used for.
<1> but its called ibm service.
<3> maybe a backup partition of some sort
<3> how large is it
<1> its a FAT partition and its 5gigs.
<1> theres 4gigs used in it
<3> probably a system restore type
<1> yup. i just googled it.
<3> ok so you have these 2 partitions
<3> and there is still unpartitioned space on the disk?
<1> theres a 71gig partition. which i want to resize for linux.
<3> ok you cant resize partitions with cfdisk
<3> you will lose your data
<1> i didnt, i tried it in partition magic
<3> oh
<1> i got the partitions the way i wanted.
<1> but... slackware setup didnt see them.
<1> i had an etx3 partition and a linux swap
<3> hmm
<3> well when you are prompted as to where you place your files what did you enter?
<3> /dev/hda2?
<1> thats the thing. i enter the setup and right away it tells me i have no partitions setup.
<1> so i cant do anything else.
<3> oh
<3> and you mentioned when trying cfdisk that it was not able to read the partition table?
<1> yea. i tried to go into cfdisk, to see wtf was a matter. and it gave me some message. then it showed me a random 600mb partition.
<3> hmm
<3> something doesnt sound right
<3> does your windows stuff still work?
<1> yea
<3> thats real strange
<3> one more thing
<3> what kind of disk is it
<3> ATA or SATA
<1> im not sure.
<1> its a laptop....
<1> most likely ata
<3> oh ok
<3> did you try regular fdisk?
<1> no.
<1> linux should detect partitions that havent been named right?
<3> yes
<1> alright im going to try and resize it again. and then get slackware to make the etx3 partition and the swap on the partition.
<1> instead of me doing it.
<3> well the best way to go about it would to be just leave unpartitioned space for linux and then use cfdisk to create linux partitions in the unpartitioned space
<3> just use partition magic to rezise the windows and IBM ones
<1> yea.
<1> alright ill try again thanks.
<1> champi0n i think i have an sata.
<1> because it didnt work again.
<1> ****
<1> it is sata
<1> sata.i
<4> Life is good.
<4> oww, that hurts
<5> GRRRR
<6> felix is abusing the poor bot :(
<3> abuse
<7> hey guys, how do i use slackware current? Can i install it from scratch or is it a case of installing 10.2 and updating
<3> im not too sure
<3> i would suggest installing it from scratch
<3> but firstly i would recommend using 10.2
<3> and dont bother with current
<7> hmm ok thanks, its just lots of software seems to be all old versions in the 10.2 release
<3> yes you are correct
<3> 10.2 has been out for a while
<3> but your best bet would to be updating select software that you plan on using
<7> ok thanks i guess thats the best way
<8> tntcoda: current is "unstable"
<6> Mmmm, Debian Etch
<3> tntcoda: it will probably be much less of a headache to update only the things you need/use on a daily basis
<3> jack-home: pheer me
<8> champi0n: huh?
<3> =]
<8> bbl
<9> Hi, I have some slackware servers runnings. And then one day after a 1 year update they had a hard crash due to power failure. It seems it trashed the file system because on startup I had to do a lot of manual fsck things. And the second server it seemed I could not even recover it. Anyone know how to handle this or if there is a crash it can do all fsck automatically so i dont have to goto hosting center?
<10> jsmith_: fsck is run automatically at startup
<10> if it asks for user input, then there's something seriously trashed
<10> you _want_ to be there to have a chance at fixing it
<10> if your hosting place is unreliable, get your own ups there and make your server shut down when ups says <5min left
<11> did you use ext2?
<11> if you did, that was RETARDED
<3> do you prefer ext3?
<10> I prefer ext3
<10> since I started using it, haven't had any serious fs damage
<3> me either
<3> it works good for me
<10> lost+found is empty =)
<12> can someone help me get vmware tools to install in slackware ? "what is the directory that contains the init directories ? (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/) ?" an answear /etc or /etc/rc.d but it wont work ... any clue ?
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