RE: Install Space

[Uncle Meat <kcsmart worldinter net>]

On 27-Aug-99 dbelardi csc com opined:
> 
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Does anyone know how much disk space is required for the install of
> RH 6.0 with
> option custom/everything? I partitioned an 8.4 WD for NT and Linux
> down the
> middle with a 32M swap partition for Linux.  I am experiencing
> extreme disk
> thrashing and slow response times when starting any applications from
> GNOME (ie
> Netscape).  I expect I'll need to trim down the number of installed
> packages and
> try again.
> Specs: P120, 32M RAM, 8.4HD, STB Powergraph 64V+, SB16

Gnome may be the culprit. It gives many (meself included) problems.

Swap 32M is sure to be a problem, especially running gnome or kde. I
have almost 200MB, which is overkill normally but, was necessary for a
particular program to compile. 60~100 would be more appropriate. I'd
personally lean toward the larger, space permitting.

You can add more with a file instead of a partition. Type 'man mkswap'
to get an example of how to create it. It goes into fstab like the
regular swap partition does.

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