[opensuse] Switching to more RAM
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi hackers an this weekend I'm gonna change my motherboard and expand the RAM from 2GB to 6GB. Main utilization for it would be 2GB for Opensuse and 4GB for Winxp in VMWware. AFAIK I need then the kernel-bigsmp. (http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tip/16262.html) At the moment I use the kernel-default for the for my AMD AM2 Processor. My questions thus are: 1. Are there any issues associated with kernel-bigsmp other than those associated with kernel-default? 2. My swap partition is only 4GB big. Would it be a problem to keep that size for a week or two? What is your experience in working with "too small" swap partition? VMWare uses a physical drive and thus Winxp suppose to use its own pagefile.sys. Are there any other issues in that context I should to consider but I'm not aware of yet? - -- All the best, Peter J. N. aedon DESIGNS http://www.hochzeitsbuch.info http://www.hochzeitsbuch.selfip.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHmL9sh8q3OtgoGAwRAlgSAJwLPjt8ekBIz3uPrQe7MM888iBjEQCfeju8 YGfUeaWxCeKLcqgoJ2O6sKU= =v/7/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
peter wrote:
2. My swap partition is only 4GB big. Would it be a problem to keep that size for a week or two? What is your experience in working with "too small" swap partition?
No problems whatsoever. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - your spam is our business. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 24 January 2008 11:01:00 am Per Jessen wrote:
peter wrote:
2. My swap partition is only 4GB big. Would it be a problem to keep that size for a week or two? What is your experience in working with "too small" swap partition?
No problems whatsoever.
Just don't try suspend to disk ;-) -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rajko M. schrieb: | On Thursday 24 January 2008 11:01:00 am Per Jessen wrote: |> peter wrote: |>> 2. My swap partition is only 4GB big. Would it be a problem to keep |>> that size for a week or two? What is your experience in working with |>> "too small" swap partition? |> No problems whatsoever. | Just don't try suspend to disk ;-) Hehe, That's explains a lot. I should have thought about it, even if it's not that big issue to me. Thx Rajko Thx Per - -- All the best, Peter J. N. aedon DESIGNS http://www.hochzeitsbuch.info http://www.hochzeitsbuch.selfip.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHmOJTh8q3OtgoGAwRAlTFAJ9o+6KOhQJgUoBnX2l/5ObtXRe8qgCeNk1H ueIl/fUZJeLyfPYjk/oK/mQ= =AMTY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 24/01/2008, peter <nospam@aedon.eu> wrote:
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Hi hackers
an this weekend I'm gonna change my motherboard and expand the RAM from 2GB to 6GB. Main utilization for it would be 2GB for Opensuse and 4GB for Winxp in VMWware.
AFAIK I need then the kernel-bigsmp. (http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tip/16262.html)
Your AM2 CPU will be a 64bit CPU presumably, so you won't need to change the kernel, unless you're using 32bit openSUSE. -- Benjamin Weber -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Jan 25, 2008 11:33 AM, Benji Weber <b.weber@warwick.ac.uk> wrote:
Your AM2 CPU will be a 64bit CPU presumably, so you won't need to change the kernel, unless you're using 32bit openSUSE.
-- Benjamin Weber
Hi, At which point during the installation do you choose 32-bit or 64-bit? It occurred to me that I've never got to install 64-bit openSUSE. While we are on this topic, so if you are currently on the default kernel, to move to the bigsmp kernel, you simply use Software Management to uninstall the default kernel and install the bigsmp kernel? Would that mean that for modules that you compiled by hand will have to be re-compiled? --- How -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Chee How Chua wrote:
On Jan 25, 2008 11:33 AM, Benji Weber <b.weber@warwick.ac.uk> wrote:
Your AM2 CPU will be a 64bit CPU presumably, so you won't need to change the kernel, unless you're using 32bit openSUSE.
-- Benjamin Weber
Hi,
At which point during the installation do you choose 32-bit or 64-bit?
When you choose to use the 32-bit installation DVD or the 64-bit installation DVD.
It occurred to me that I've never got to install 64-bit openSUSE.
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Aaron Kulkis wrote:
At which point during the installation do you choose 32-bit or 64-bit?
When you choose to use the 32-bit installation DVD or the 64-bit installation DVD.
IIRC, the boxed set includes both versions on one DVD, but the download ones don't. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Jan 28, 2008 8:22 PM, James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> wrote:
Aaron Kulkis wrote:
At which point during the installation do you choose 32-bit or 64-bit?
When you choose to use the 32-bit installation DVD or the 64-bit installation DVD.
IIRC, the boxed set includes both versions on one DVD, but the download ones don't.
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Ah... that's why I don't like to automate things too much. Makes me forget. I only visit the download page once per release =P Thanks! Cheers, How -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
James Knott wrote:
Aaron Kulkis wrote:
At which point during the installation do you choose 32-bit or 64-bit?
When you choose to use the 32-bit installation DVD or the 64-bit installation DVD.
IIRC, the boxed set includes both versions on one DVD, but the download ones don't.
You can choose to download the 32-bit ISO or the 64-bit ISO.
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chee How Chua schrieb: | At which point during the installation do you choose 32-bit or 64-bit? | It occurred to me that I've never got to install 64-bit openSUSE. Usually you use the whole 64bit Opensuse. I'm not quite sure if it's that smart to use the 64bit kernel with 32bit userland. | While we are on this topic, so if you are currently on the default | kernel, to move to the bigsmp kernel, you simply use Software | Management to uninstall the default kernel and install the bigsmp | kernel? Well first I've installed bigsmp kernel, reconfigured the kernel source, compiled modules for bigsmp and then after some testing removed the default kernel. | Would that mean that for modules that you compiled by hand will have | to be re-compiled? Affirmative. - -- All the best, Peter J. N. aedon DESIGNS http://www.hochzeitsbuch.info http://www.hochzeitsbuch.selfip.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHnDNnh8q3OtgoGAwRAtx/AJ4jKTduS5lJZ7hDA5NLuPyJ93dnYgCfSE0B kk95P1rmNShUXoGs5rMBVpU= =4Zg8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Benji Weber schrieb: | Your AM2 CPU will be a 64bit CPU presumably, so you won't need to | change the kernel, unless you're using 32bit openSUSE. Thx Benji! I use 32bit indeed. I think I'll stick to it (bigsmp) for now. The move to the new Asrock motherboard (alias Frankenstein) went smooth, beside the one issue with udev and that stupid CM6501. - -- All the best, Peter J. N. aedon DESIGNS http://www.hochzeitsbuch.info http://www.hochzeitsbuch.selfip.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHnDFdh8q3OtgoGAwRAnp7AJ4i6YqZj3GkdcMWjt0DlLuoC4xxQQCfXkeE lcxpY0/60xPFqj3QQtuFWyU= =KT3g -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Aaron Kulkis -
Benji Weber -
Chee How Chua -
James Knott -
Per Jessen -
peter -
Rajko M.