Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2007-01-04 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 00:04 -0500, Miark wrote: On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:39:29 -0800 (PST), CJ wrote: Very nice. Can you do massive writes reliably, like copying the contents [say 100,000 files/dirs] of a 100 Gig partition? I don't know as I've never tried anything that extensive. I

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2007-01-02 Thread Duncan Anderson
On Saturday, 30 December 2006 00:25, ET wrote: Fr. Johnny Shepherd wrote: (maybe we shoulda started a new thread with a new question in the subject,,, but snipping oughta help some) snip a bunch To your statement about installing Knoppix to the Hard Drive I have been reading that

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2007-01-01 Thread Miark
On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:40:23 -0800, rikona wrote: M Writing to NTFS is fine with Knoppix (I do it routinely) ...It is a matter of reliability, as I understand it. Several linuxes will write ntfs, but occasionally might trash the file system beyond repair. Is Knoppix known to be

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2007-01-01 Thread rikona
On Monday, January 1, 2007, 11:44:00 AM, Miark wrote: M On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:40:23 -0800, rikona wrote: M Writing to NTFS is fine with Knoppix (I do it routinely) ...It is a matter of reliability, as I understand it. Several linuxes will write ntfs, but occasionally might trash the file

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2007-01-01 Thread ET
rikona wrote: On Monday, January 1, 2007, 11:44:00 AM, Miark wrote: M On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:40:23 -0800, rikona wrote: M Writing to NTFS is fine with Knoppix (I do it routinely) ...It is a matter of reliability, as I understand it. Several linuxes will write ntfs, but occasionally might

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2007-01-01 Thread rikona
On Monday, January 1, 2007, 12:54:59 PM, ET wrote: E rikona wrote: On Monday, January 1, 2007, 11:44:00 AM, Miark wrote: M On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:40:23 -0800, rikona wrote: M Writing to NTFS is fine with Knoppix (I do it routinely) ...It is a matter of reliability, as I understand it.

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2007-01-01 Thread ET
rikona wrote: On Monday, January 1, 2007, 12:54:59 PM, ET wrote: E rikona wrote: On Monday, January 1, 2007, 11:44:00 AM, Miark wrote: M On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:40:23 -0800, rikona wrote: M Writing to NTFS is fine with Knoppix (I do it routinely) ...It is a matter of reliability, as I

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2007-01-01 Thread rikona
On Monday, January 1, 2007, 1:56:51 PM, ET wrote: E rikona wrote: On Monday, January 1, 2007, 12:54:59 PM, ET wrote: E rikona wrote: On Monday, January 1, 2007, 11:44:00 AM, Miark wrote: M On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:40:23 -0800, rikona wrote: M Writing to NTFS is fine with Knoppix (I do it

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2007-01-01 Thread CJ Kelley
- Original Message From: rikona [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@mandrivalinux.org Sent: Monday, January 1, 2007 5:21:44 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that? On Monday, January 1, 2007, 1:56:51 PM, ET wrote: E rikona wrote:

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2007-01-01 Thread Miark
On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:39:29 -0800 (PST), CJ wrote: Very nice. Can you do massive writes reliably, like copying the contents [say 100,000 files/dirs] of a 100 Gig partition? I don't know as I've never tried anything that extensive. I usually do 10 or 20 files at a time that are no more than a

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2007-01-01 Thread Miark
On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 17:21:44 -0800, rikona wrote: E http://www.ubcd4win.com/faq.htm Might be able to answer some of my needs, but I was looking for a 'real' linux. Also, I have so far avoided XP, so I don't have the necessary files. :-( and :-) What _exactly_ are your needs? Miark

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2007-01-01 Thread rikona
On Monday, January 1, 2007, 9:04:11 PM, Miark wrote: M On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:39:29 -0800 (PST), CJ wrote: Very nice. Can you do massive writes reliably, like copying the contents [say 100,000 files/dirs] of a 100 Gig partition? M I don't know as I've never tried anything that extensive. I

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2007-01-01 Thread rikona
On Monday, January 1, 2007, 9:15:40 PM, Miark wrote: M On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 17:21:44 -0800, rikona wrote: M E http://www.ubcd4win.com/faq.htm Might be able to answer some of my needs, but I was looking for a 'real' linux. Also, I have so far avoided XP, so I don't have the necessary files.

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-30 Thread Miark
CK i havent tried mounting my ntfs hdd yet..ill get to that CK in a few minutes, but ill see if it will allow me to CK 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! Writing to NTFS is fine

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-29 Thread ET
CJ Kelley wrote: - Original Message From: ET [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@mandrivalinux.org Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:03:59 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that? CJ Kelley wrote: - Original Message

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-29 Thread ET
ET wrote: CJ Kelley wrote: - Original Message From: ET [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@mandrivalinux.org Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:03:59 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that? CJ Kelley wrote: - Original

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-29 Thread CJ Kelley
- Original Message From: ET [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@mandrivalinux.org Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 2:19:33 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that? CJ Kelley wrote: - Original Message From: ET [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-29 Thread rikona
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

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-29 Thread CJ Kelley
- Original Message From: CJ Kelley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@mandrivalinux.org Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 10:21:39 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that? - Original Message From: ET [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-29 Thread Fr. Johnny Shepherd
CJ Kelley wrote: - Original Message From: CJ Kelley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@mandrivalinux.org Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 10:21:39 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that? - Original Message From: ET

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-29 Thread Grumpy_Penguin
On Friday 29 December 2006 15:25, ET wrote: knoppix installed on the hard drive is debian... Nothing wrong with Debian..it's just different Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-29 Thread Grumpy_Penguin
On Friday 29 December 2006 15:31, ET wrote: Grumpy_Penguin wrote: On Friday 29 December 2006 15:25, ET wrote: knoppix installed on the hard drive is debian... Nothing wrong with Debian..it's just different would you want some windoze user who is attempting to try and learn linux to

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-29 Thread CJ Kelley
- Original Message From: rikona [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@mandrivalinux.org 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

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-29 Thread ET
CJ Kelley wrote: - Original Message From: rikona [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@mandrivalinux.org 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

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-29 Thread Grumpy_Penguin
On Friday 29 December 2006 15:50, CJ Kelley wrote: - Original Message From: rikona [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@mandrivalinux.org 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,

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-29 Thread CJ Kelley
- Original Message From: ET [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@mandrivalinux.org Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 2:31:50 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that? Grumpy_Penguin wrote: On Friday 29 December 2006 15:25, ET wrote:

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-29 Thread CJ Kelley
- Original Message From: ET [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@mandrivalinux.org 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

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-28 Thread ET
CJ Kelley wrote: - Original Message From: Georgi Stoynev [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@mandrivalinux.org Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 12:56:37 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that? I ran the mandriva live cd (the 1

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-28 Thread CJ Kelley
- Original Message From: ET [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@mandrivalinux.org Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 4:51:47 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that? CJ Kelley wrote: - Original Message From: Georgi

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-28 Thread ET
CJ Kelley wrote: - Original Message From: ET [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@mandrivalinux.org Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 4:51:47 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that? CJ Kelley wrote: - Original Message

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-28 Thread ET
CJ Kelley wrote: - Original Message From: ET [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@mandrivalinux.org Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 8:39:09 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that? CJ Kelley wrote: - Original Message

Re: [newbie] Too much ram consumption in mandriva 2007. is there a way to reduce that?

2006-12-27 Thread Georgi Stoynev
I ran the mandriva live cd (the 1 cd distro) and noticed that it consumed a large chunk of ram (about 390 megs.) and left me with 4 megs of ram (i have 512 installed and 128 megs of that is consumed by teh video card..yes i do have shared video). I went into its task manager to see howmuch it was