hdd install - optimization.
okay so i have installed knoppix to my hd
and even installed other applications like
skype, eclipse sdk, pcanywhere web remote
but i would like to streamline it some more.
Is it necessary to have the ramdisk that
i see when i boot up ( ramdisk size=100000)
If anyone could help me or counsel me to
let me know if this is even possible?
i have 128mb ram so would the cheatcode
knoppix mem=128m
tell another part of linux to lower my ramdisk?
ramdisk hdd install knoppix dist-upgrade hard drive install
okay i haven't had much time to research or experiment
but the power went out and i forgot to change the size to 0
(i never have to reboot normally,,awesome) but it appears
to run faster with the ramdisk left as is.. so perhaps it is
using the ramdisk instead of a swap file and this would
explain why its better with the ramdisk on?
hdd install optimization ramdisk size
I loaded up knoppix 5.1.1 , hit ctrl-alt-f1 to bring up root terminal tty
and then i typed knoppix-hdinstall and went through the prompts then
did a apt-get dist-upgrade
that goes on forever
and finally for good luck an:
apt-get update
and now i have a fully installed Debian Linux system with
KDE 3.5.5 and i have loaded skype that works with my
cyberphone k usb phone, borland kylix, eclipse sdk, videolan
media player, pcAnywhere and much much more! There isnt
a thing i want to do that i cant do with this install... from burning
dvds to watching divx its ready to roll....
I was really impressed when i had some applications running and
i crashed KDE then when i restarted KDE x windows system my
applications were still running, not trapped in the kernel as with
some other <ahem> os'es ... ( osii? ) :)
the question i have is am i correct in observing that with a ramdisk
i am getting better performance on the full install?