On Tuesday 05 April 2005 5:18 pm, Andy Yankovich wrote: <snip>
KDE -> system -> Monitor -> info center click on memory that will show you how much is been swapped to disk.
Total physical 503mb Free physical 22mb Shared 0 Disk buffers 53mb Disk cache 310mb total swap 2.98Gb free swap 2.98Gb
Sorry I am so unlearned in Linux. I really appreciate your help. Andy
there is one more way to look at all this stuff, w/o any danger of overwriting something. When you get everything installed finally,or if you have access to a different computer, go to taglinux.org OR search google for Knoppix , then download the latest version.. 3.7 IIRC, but I could be wrong about that. Anyway, download the .iso file, and them burn it to a cd... mark it rescue, and make sure you put it somewhere safe. That disk is bootable. and it's linux .. so you can look at all the drives, and if need be in a future install, you can back up anything you forgot to backup but which is still on the hard drive. ( It's also helpful if you have not backed up your data recently and suddenly hear strange noises coming from your box <G>) It uses a Kde desktop and good old k3b for burning.. You actually can rescue things from a nearly dead drive as well using that system.. Tho nothing really replaces regular backups . Knoppix is very good about recognizing all manner of hardware, so usually when you boot it , things just work. It's a handy to have in your toolkit. Especially as you are more likely to have a cd than a floppy disk drive these days.. -- j Just as all the rules in the world cannot insure our survival, neither can they create the impossible. Instead of focusing on an equal place at the starting gate, our laws attempt to rig the finish by *mandating* an equal outcome. This is unachievable. Even more, it is a stultifying thought. C.Crier