[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually this is mostly just a waste of effort. Config swap and let the system
swap out all the bits it does not need.
Memory used by modules isn't swappable.
Inserting and then removing a module isn't a good idea.
Rather prevent the module from being loaded in the fi
Thanks to both James and Ian for your encouragement! Seriously though,
it's better that I should be told that, whether or not I can do what I
want, there won't be any practical benefit to it. James was right to
assume I was having fun learning, but I have so much else to learn, I
might as well
On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 10:09:36AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Actually this is mostly just a waste of effort. Config swap and let
> the system swap out all the bits it does not need.
Ahh, what if you compile your SCSI driver as a module, and the pages
containing its code are put onto a SCSI
On Friday 24 February 2006 09:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 08:31:35PM +1100, Leslie Katz wrote:
> > I'm trying to make an ancient laptop run with a mini-distribution, DSL.
> >
> > As the laptop has only 64MB of RAM, I'm trying to make sure DSL doesn't
> > include any unnec
Thanks to both Oscar and Matt for replying.
As to Oscar's suggestion, I know it's just beyond me. I know my method's
crude, but it does work.
As to Matt's questions: when I ran lsmod before making any changes, 17
modules showed up as loaded, including ieee1394, and that even though
the compu
O Plameras wrote:
Steve Kowalik wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:49:43 +1100, O Plameras uttered
Then do a # make menuconfig and figure out which ones to activate or
deactivate. Or #make config, if you are unable to run X.
menuconfig requires ncurses, not X.
Thanks, my bad.
If y
On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 08:31:35PM +1100, Leslie Katz wrote:
> I'm trying to make an ancient laptop run with a mini-distribution, DSL.
>
> As the laptop has only 64MB of RAM, I'm trying to make sure DSL doesn't
> include any unnecessary services or modules when it boots up.
>
> For instance, the
Steve Kowalik wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:49:43 +1100, O Plameras uttered
Then do a # make menuconfig and figure out which ones to activate or
deactivate. Or #make config, if you are unable to run X.
menuconfig requires ncurses, not X.
Thanks, my bad.
O Plameras
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On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:49:43 +1100, O Plameras uttered
> Then do a # make menuconfig and figure out which ones to activate or
> deactivate. Or #make config, if you are unable to run X.
>
menuconfig requires ncurses, not X.
Cheers,
--
Steve
I may be love's
Leslie Katz wrote:
I'm trying to make an ancient laptop run with a mini-distribution, DSL.
As the laptop has only 64MB of RAM, I'm trying to make sure DSL
doesn't include any unnecessary services or modules when it boots up.
For instance, the laptop has two PCMCIA slots, so on bootup, DSL
s
I'm trying to make an ancient laptop run with a mini-distribution, DSL.
As the laptop has only 64MB of RAM, I'm trying to make sure DSL doesn't
include any unnecessary services or modules when it boots up.
For instance, the laptop has two PCMCIA slots, so on bootup, DSL starts
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