----- Original Message ---- From: ET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 2:55:39 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?
CJ Kelley wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: rikona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 10:46:42 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is > there a way to reduce that? > > On Friday, December 29, 2006, 10:21:39 AM, CJ Kelley wrote: > > CK> i havent tried mounting my ntfs hdd yet..ill get to that in a few > CK> minutes, but ill see if it will allow me to read/write to the hdd. > > DON'T WRITE TO THE ntfs HD! It is NOT reliable in linux. If you > insist, make sure you have a complete backup of everything! > > ----cjs reply---- > ok. just to clear something up, would it be safe to write to a FAT16/32 > file system? > ----end of reply---- > yes fat is fine, just recognize fat does not have any file permissions beyond 'rash' Read only, Archive, System, and Hidden no files are owned by a user, and can be accessed by anyone permitted to access the partition. a lot of folks use a fat32 partition to store files between the OSs when having a dual boot install, but it's not a good idea to run linux from a fat file system... ----cjs reply---- yah its best to run linux off of a linux partition ----end of reply---- -- reg. Linux User 167806 webhome http://ed-tharp.is-a-geek.org ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
