1 ------------------------ Installing the 2nd disk ---------------------------
�b �P���� 17 ���� 2001 19:26�ASridhar Dhanapalan �g�D:
> 2.5GB is a bit small for a Linux-Mandrake install. Since first-time
> users don't know what packages to install (since there are over a
> thousand of 'em), many install the entire shebang -- 2 full CDs worth.
Actually, I would like to be able to install the 2nd disk for it includes
some important stuff that I need. (I have 30G drive)
However during the installation process, LM8.0 didn't ask me to insert the
2nd cd.
I saw that it is full of rpm's and I am in the process of learning how to use
rpm, but is there an easy way to install most if not all of the 2nd disk?
2--------------------------------- SWAP size ---------------------------
> This adds up to nearly 2 gigs. Swap (like virtual memory in Windows
> but in a dedicated partition) should be about twice your RAM, with a
> maximum of about 256MB (even if you have a huge amount of RAM). So if
> you have 64MB of RAM, your swap partition should be around 128MB.
Why should 256MB of swap be the maximum?
More isn't better?
Would too much swap slow down your system?
3------------------------------ Software manager ---------------------
The Software Manager doesn't work. If I launch it, it freezes whilst loading
the first screen. Then, the only way to get out is to kill the application.
I have installed LM8.0 from a CD (three times but for other reasons) and each
time I have the same problem.
I don't think the program itself has a bug, otherwise, I would have read
about it in this forum. So the problem must be on my end.
The CD came from a monthly linux magazine.
Could it be that the CD is faulty? I still find it hard to believe since I
didn't burn it myself but it came with a magazine (who would check the
correctness of the cd).
Can I download Software manager from somewhere and reinstall it?
How would I go about it?
Thanks for your help.
Augustin
