Is it possible to specify a swap device in the boot params? I d/l'd the DVD version of the 9.2 live eval and only have 256mb of ram in my laptop and would like to try it before buying it. I keep getting a kernel panic when I run out of memory. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989 SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please*
On Monday 01 November 2004 13:31, Ken Schneider wrote:
Is it possible to specify a swap device in the boot params? I d/l'd the DVD version of the 9.2 live eval and only have 256mb of ram in my laptop and would like to try it before buying it. I keep getting a kernel panic when I run out of memory.
A longshot: try entering 'swap=/dev/hda117' at the boot prompt (no quotes). NOTE: hda117 is just a silly example ;). Susbstitute it with the partition that contains your swap space. Cheers, Leen
On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 08:07, Leendert Meyer wrote:
On Monday 01 November 2004 13:31, Ken Schneider wrote:
Is it possible to specify a swap device in the boot params? I d/l'd the DVD version of the 9.2 live eval and only have 256mb of ram in my laptop and would like to try it before buying it. I keep getting a kernel panic when I run out of memory.
A longshot: try entering 'swap=/dev/hda117' at the boot prompt (no quotes).
The first place I looked was /usr/src/linux/kernel-parameters.txt and "swap=" is not listed as a parameter. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989 SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please*
On Monday 01 November 2004 14:24, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 08:07, Leendert Meyer wrote:
On Monday 01 November 2004 13:31, Ken Schneider wrote:
Is it possible to specify a swap device in the boot params? I d/l'd the DVD version of the 9.2 live eval and only have 256mb of ram in my laptop and would like to try it before buying it. I keep getting a kernel panic when I run out of memory.
A longshot: try entering 'swap=/dev/hda117' at the boot prompt (no quotes).
The first place I looked was /usr/src/linux/kernel-parameters.txt and "swap=" is not listed as a parameter.
1) It is not a kernel parameter, but a linuxrc parameter. Documentation is in package autoyast2. After installation of autoyast2, read /usr/share/doc/packages/autoyast2/ html/info_file_format.html. This file is online at: http://www.suse.de/~nashif/autoinstall/9.1/html/info_file_format.html 2) It is not 'swap=', but 'AddSwap='. (5th one from the bottom) 3) I already said 'A longshot'. ;) Please just try it. If it works, you're happy. If it doesn't: bad luck. ;) 4) Perhaps you can boot into runlevel 1 (needs lesser memory), and copy the whole root directory to an empty partition on your HD? That way it runs faster too... 5) Hmmm, about booting in runlevel 1... you then can add a swap manually, and go to runlevel 5 if the swap works... see 'man 8 swapon' Cheers, Leen
On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 08:48, Leendert Meyer wrote:
On Monday 01 November 2004 14:24, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 08:07, Leendert Meyer wrote:
1) It is not a kernel parameter, but a linuxrc parameter. Documentation is in package autoyast2. After installation of autoyast2, read /usr/share/doc/packages/autoyast2/ html/info_file_format.html. This file is online at: http://www.suse.de/~nashif/autoinstall/9.1/html/info_file_format.html
2) It is not 'swap=', but 'AddSwap='. (5th one from the bottom)
3) I already said 'A longshot'. ;) Please just try it. If it works, you're happy. If it doesn't: bad luck. ;)
4) Perhaps you can boot into runlevel 1 (needs lesser memory), and copy the whole root directory to an empty partition on your HD? That way it runs faster too...
5) Hmmm, about booting in runlevel 1... you then can add a swap manually, and go to runlevel 5 if the swap works... see 'man 8 swapon'
Since the -only- option is a boot command line option with the DVD eval this does not work. Cannot boot to run level 1 (or S) either -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989 SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please*
On Monday 01 November 2004 17:20, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 08:48, Leendert Meyer wrote:
On Monday 01 November 2004 14:24, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 08:07, Leendert Meyer wrote:
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Since the -only- option is a boot command line option with the DVD eval this does not work. Cannot boot to run level 1 (or S) either
Ah, didn't know that. I never booted from the CD. I just did some hackery to get the contents of the initrd and cloop.img on my HD. ;) Cheers, Leen
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