I just read the website and they did not mention a requirement for a swap partition. However, the site did mention that a swap partition could be used if there was not enough memory.
Regards, Dustin At 05:14 AM 8/29/2002 -0700, you wrote: >I agree. That and the necessity for a swap partition. Most Linux >boxes are easily availble to Knoppix, but a windows box would need to >be repartitioned according to the info on the site. > >Doug > >--- Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If the aim is to not confuse people, I don't think Knoppix would be > > the > > way to go other than as a demonstration tool. The fact that > > personal > > settings and hardware configurations can't be saved between reboots > > > > would be quite confusing to someone who's seeking out the merits of > > a > > new operating system. It seems that only an advanced Linux user > > could > > make actual productive use of that distribution, being that he'd > > have to > > come up with work-arounds for the inconveniences of a read-only > > system. > > > > Dustin Puryear wrote: > > > > > I am on the other side of the fence. I am thinking of the patrons > > that > > > will be accessing this stuff. Most will have little information > > about > > > Linux. I think we should focus more on distributions like Knoppix > > that > > > don't require a dedicated PC. Also, I think for now we need to > > keep > > > this limited to two or three distributions. After running the > > program > > > for a bit we will know how every works and then be able to > > expand. In > > > fact, this is one of the reasons why I ended up taking a more > > active > > > role in the project--everything was at a stand-still in large > > part > > > because we were looking at doing too much too soon. At least, > > that's > > > what I saw happening. I think we should stay small and targeted > > at > > > first and then see how everything works out. No rush. > > > > > > We need to get a general consensus on this. > > > > > > Regards, Dustin > > > > > > At 11:29 AM 8/28/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > >> I was thinking about the distributions we should include. > > Redhat is > > >> practically a given since I think everyone interested in Linux > > and > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Puryear Information Technology > > > Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting > > > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > >===== >Warmest Regards, >Doug Riddle >http://www.dougriddle.com > >## Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are >the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington ## > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes >http://finance.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
