MESSAGE
| DATE | 2004-07-23 |
| FROM | Michael Richardson
|
| SUBJECT | RE: [hangout] RAM for Suse 9.1
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The more ram the better. Between your ram and swap space it should be ok.
Try using LVM for the drive size.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Milo [mailto:slavik914-at-mrbrklyn.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 1:29 PM
> To: Michael Richardson; Inker, Evan; Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
> Cc: hangout-at-nylxs.com
> Subject: RE: [hangout] RAM for Suse 9.1
>
>
> 158mb of ram and about 512mb of swap space.
>
> Steve M
>
> On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 10:41:20 -0400, Michael Richardson wrote
> > How much ram and swap space do you have?
> >
> > --
> > "In The Business World
> > An Executive Knows Something About Everything,
> > A Technician Knows Everything About Something,
> > And the Switchboard Operator Knows Everything."
> >
> > No one person is smarter than their team!
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Steve Milo [mailto:slavik914-at-mrbrklyn.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 12:55 PM
> > > To: Inker, Evan; 'Mike Richardson - NYLXS PRESIDENT'; Ruben Safir
> > > Secretary NYLXS
> > > Cc: hangout-at-nylxs.com
> > > Subject: RE: [hangout] RAM for Suse 9.1
> > >
> > >
> > > The problem I'm having is trying to install it on a machine with w2k
> on
> > > it.
> > > The machine is an HP Brio, I installed Suse 8.1 with no problems.
> > > There are two hard drives in this machine, w2k is sitting on the
> first
> > > hard
> > > drive. The second hd is is a 20gb with about 5gb partitioned for
> win.
> > >
> > > When I try to install the X gui fails and I am presented with a
> plain
> > > gui.
> > > I go through the packages, etc if the packages start installing it
> will
> > > fail,
> > > the machine will freeze.
> > > I dont recall the exact error message but when the kernel boots HDC
> is
> > > detected as a 6gb hard drive. I have seen some websites say that I
> > > should
> > > pass the HD parameters to the kernel at boot time. Doing that
> solved
> > > nothing.
> > > I have also read that I should wipe both hard drives clean partition
> > > them both
> > > with fdisk then install w2k and 9.1. That option may not be
> possible, I
> > > dont
> > > have anything to back this stuff onto.
> > >
> > > I probably should up the RAM the HD thrashes even when running w2k.
> > >
> > > Steve M
> > >
> > > On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:11:02 +0100, Inker, Evan wrote
> > > > >From my experience, 256 MB RAM and 384 MB SWAP work fine on a P3
> 550
> > > CPU
> > > >
> > > > The following requirements should be met to ensure a smooth
> > > > operation of SUSE LINUX:
> > > >
> > > > Processor
> > > > Intel: Celeron, Pentium(r) to Pentium(r) 4, Xeon(r), EMT64(r)
> > > > AMD: K6/II/III, Duron(tm), Athlon(tm), Athlon(tm) XP/MP, Athlon
> 64(tm)
> > > >
> > > > Main memory
> > > > At least 128 MB are required for the installation with YaST2 in
> > > graphical
> > > > mode; 256 MB recommended
> > > >
> > > > Hard disk
> > > > 400 MB to more than 2 GB (Personal Edition) or 6 GB (Professional
> > > > Edition) for the installation of all packages; 2 GB or more
> > > recommended
> > > >
> > > > Graphics cards / Sound cards
> > > > Most modern sound and graphics cards are supported.
> > > >
> > > > Digital cameras and memory sticks
> > > > Most modern USB digital cameras and memory sticks are
> automatically
> > > > recognized and supported.
> > > >
> > > > ISA plug & play cards
> > > > ISA plug & play cards may have to be configured manually.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Evan M. Inker (New York) x. 4615
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Mike Richardson - NYLXS PRESIDENT
> [mailto:miker-at-mrbrklyn.com]
> > > > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 5:32 AM
> > > > To: Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
> > > > Cc: Steve Milo; hangout-at-nylxs.com
> > > > Subject: Re: [hangout] RAM for Suse 9.1
> > > >
> > > > I have 192mb on a Althon XP 1.4 Ghz cpu. 512mb swap.
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Not sure
> > > > >
> > > > > What does it say on the web site?
> > > > >
> > > > > Ruben
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 01:18:35AM -0500, Steve Milo wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > How much RAM does Suse 9.1 need to be installed on a Celeron?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have 158 on the machine in front of me.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Steve M
> > > > > >
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