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一份很好的linux入门资料

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;still&nbsp;ahead&nbsp;:^)&nbsp;]&nbsp;<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Here's&nbsp;a&nbsp;workaround&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;use&nbsp;to&nbsp;install&nbsp;anyway:&nbsp;<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;Start&nbsp;tty12&nbsp;or&nbsp;tty144&nbsp;using&nbsp;one&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;bootkernel&nbsp;disks.&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;Make&nbsp;and&nbsp;format&nbsp;partitions&nbsp;for&nbsp;Linux.&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;Mount&nbsp;the&nbsp;target&nbsp;partitions&nbsp;under&nbsp;/mnt.&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;Type&nbsp;&quot;setup&nbsp;-target_mounted&quot;&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.&nbsp;Follow&nbsp;the&nbsp;rest&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;instructions&nbsp;to&nbsp;install.&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.&nbsp;Type&nbsp;&quot;vi&nbsp;/mnt/etc/fstab&quot;&nbsp;and&nbsp;enter&nbsp;an&nbsp;appropriate&nbsp;fstab.&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As&nbsp;an&nbsp;example,&nbsp;here's&nbsp;what&nbsp;mine&nbsp;contains:&nbsp;<BR>
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/dev/hdb2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;swap&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;swap&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;defaults&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
/dev/hda2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ext2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;defaults&nbsp;<BR>
/dev/hda3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;xiafs&nbsp;&nbsp;defaults&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
/dev/hda1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/dos&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;msdos&nbsp;&nbsp;defaults&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
/dev/hdb1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/os2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;msdos&nbsp;&nbsp;defaults&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
none&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/proc&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;proc&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;defaults&nbsp;<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To&nbsp;give&nbsp;you&nbsp;some&nbsp;more&nbsp;info&nbsp;about&nbsp;this&nbsp;file,&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;field&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;partition&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;mounted,&nbsp;the&nbsp;second&nbsp;is&nbsp;where&nbsp;it&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;mounted,&nbsp;the&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;third&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;filesystem&nbsp;type,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;last&nbsp;field&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;options&nbsp;to&nbsp;use.&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless&nbsp;you're&nbsp;a&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;wizard,&nbsp;just&nbsp;set&nbsp;this&nbsp;to&nbsp;&quot;defaults&quot;.&nbsp;<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other&nbsp;things&nbsp;to&nbsp;remember&nbsp;about&nbsp;this&nbsp;file:&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;Make&nbsp;sure&nbsp;that&nbsp;you&nbsp;list&nbsp;the&nbsp;root&nbsp;partition&nbsp;before&nbsp;any&nbsp;other&nbsp;partitions&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that&nbsp;are&nbsp;mounted&nbsp;beneath&nbsp;it.&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;Add&nbsp;the&nbsp;/proc&nbsp;line,&nbsp;or&nbsp;&quot;ps&quot;,&nbsp;&quot;w&quot;,&nbsp;etc,&nbsp;won't&nbsp;work.&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;It's&nbsp;a&nbsp;good&nbsp;idea&nbsp;to&nbsp;put&nbsp;a&nbsp;blank&nbsp;line&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;end&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;file,&nbsp;as&nbsp;I've&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;had&nbsp;reports&nbsp;that&nbsp;partitions&nbsp;listed&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;last&nbsp;line&nbsp;might&nbsp;not&nbsp;be&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mounted.&nbsp;<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.&nbsp;Once&nbsp;you've&nbsp;made&nbsp;and&nbsp;saved&nbsp;this&nbsp;file&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;reboot&nbsp;with&nbsp;ctrl-alt-delete.&nbsp;<BR>
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Q:&nbsp;I&nbsp;have&nbsp;a&nbsp;(PS/1&nbsp;||&nbsp;Valuepoint&nbsp;||&nbsp;Thinkpad),&nbsp;and&nbsp;can't&nbsp;install&nbsp;because&nbsp;fdisk&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;can't&nbsp;see&nbsp;my&nbsp;hard&nbsp;drive.&nbsp;How&nbsp;can&nbsp;I&nbsp;get&nbsp;around&nbsp;this?&nbsp;<BR>
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A:&nbsp;You'll&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;enter&nbsp;your&nbsp;drive&nbsp;parameters&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;bootkernel&nbsp;prompt.&nbsp;You&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;can&nbsp;even&nbsp;specify&nbsp;the&nbsp;geometry&nbsp;for&nbsp;your&nbsp;second&nbsp;IDE&nbsp;drive&nbsp;by&nbsp;supplying&nbsp;a&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;second&nbsp;&nbsp;hd=&nbsp;parameter&nbsp;right&nbsp;after&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;one.&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When&nbsp;you&nbsp;boot&nbsp;the&nbsp;bootkernel&nbsp;disk,&nbsp;you'll&nbsp;see&nbsp;more&nbsp;information&nbsp;about&nbsp;the&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;format&nbsp;used&nbsp;to&nbsp;pass&nbsp;your&nbsp;drive&nbsp;parameters&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;kernel&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;LILO&nbsp;prompt&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and&nbsp;allow&nbsp;your&nbsp;drive&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;recognized.&nbsp;<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You'll&nbsp;have&nbsp;to&nbsp;edit&nbsp;your&nbsp;lilo.conf&nbsp;file&nbsp;to&nbsp;add&nbsp;a&nbsp;similar&nbsp;hd=&nbsp;flag&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;want&nbsp;LILO&nbsp;to&nbsp;work.&nbsp;Add&nbsp;this&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;TOP&nbsp;line&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;file:&nbsp;<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;append=&quot;hd=cyl,hds,secs&quot;&nbsp;<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Where&nbsp;&quot;cyl&quot;,&nbsp;&quot;hds&quot;,&nbsp;and&nbsp;&quot;secs&quot;&nbsp;are&nbsp;the&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;cylinders,&nbsp;sectors,&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and&nbsp;heads&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;drive.&nbsp;<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If&nbsp;you&nbsp;have&nbsp;two&nbsp;IDE&nbsp;drives,&nbsp;specify&nbsp;both&nbsp;drives&nbsp;(like&nbsp;this):&nbsp;<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;append=&quot;hd=967,13,31&nbsp;hd=944,14,40&quot;&nbsp;<BR>
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Q:&nbsp;Why&nbsp;do&nbsp;my&nbsp;/etc/issue&nbsp;and&nbsp;/etc/motd&nbsp;keep&nbsp;resetting&nbsp;themselves&nbsp;at&nbsp;boot&nbsp;time?&nbsp;<BR>
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A:&nbsp;The&nbsp;/etc/rc.d/rc.S&nbsp;resets&nbsp;them&nbsp;out&nbsp;every&nbsp;time&nbsp;you&nbsp;boot&nbsp;after&nbsp;figuring&nbsp;out&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;which&nbsp;kernel&nbsp;you're&nbsp;running&nbsp;--&nbsp;otherwise&nbsp;the&nbsp;kernel&nbsp;version&nbsp;printed&nbsp;at&nbsp;login&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;might&nbsp;not&nbsp;stay&nbsp;current.&nbsp;<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If&nbsp;you&nbsp;want&nbsp;to&nbsp;write&nbsp;your&nbsp;own&nbsp;/etc/issue&nbsp;and&nbsp;/etc/motd,&nbsp;you&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;comment&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;out&nbsp;that&nbsp;part&nbsp;of&nbsp;/etc/rc.d/rc.S.&nbsp;<BR>
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Q:&nbsp;Emacs&nbsp;dumps&nbsp;core,&nbsp;complains&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;missing&nbsp;library,&nbsp;or&nbsp;lacks&nbsp;X11&nbsp;support!&nbsp;Why?&nbsp;<BR>
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A:&nbsp;The&nbsp;GNU&nbsp;Emacs&nbsp;series&nbsp;includes&nbsp;your&nbsp;choice&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;version&nbsp;with&nbsp;X11&nbsp;support,&nbsp;or&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;one&nbsp;without.&nbsp;Make&nbsp;sure&nbsp;you&nbsp;have&nbsp;the&nbsp;right&nbsp;binary&nbsp;for&nbsp;your&nbsp;machine.&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;binary&nbsp;supporting&nbsp;X11&nbsp;is&nbsp;installed&nbsp;as&nbsp;part&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;package&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;disk&nbsp;that&nbsp;you'll&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;install&nbsp;whether&nbsp;you&nbsp;want&nbsp;X11&nbsp;support&nbsp;or&nbsp;not.&nbsp;If&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;you&nbsp;DO&nbsp;NOT&nbsp;want&nbsp;X11&nbsp;support,&nbsp;install&nbsp;the&nbsp;package&nbsp;'emac_nox.tgz'&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;last&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;disk&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Emacs&nbsp;series.&nbsp;<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If&nbsp;you&nbsp;just&nbsp;install&nbsp;all&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;disks,&nbsp;you&nbsp;don't&nbsp;get&nbsp;X11&nbsp;support.&nbsp;It&nbsp;had&nbsp;to&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;be&nbsp;one&nbsp;way&nbsp;or&nbsp;the&nbsp;other,&nbsp;so&nbsp;if&nbsp;you're&nbsp;not&nbsp;paying&nbsp;attention&nbsp;when&nbsp;you&nbsp;install&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at&nbsp;least&nbsp;this&nbsp;way&nbsp;it&nbsp;will&nbsp;run&nbsp;no&nbsp;matter&nbsp;what.&nbsp;<BR>
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Q:&nbsp;Why&nbsp;do&nbsp;my&nbsp;compiles&nbsp;sometimes&nbsp;die&nbsp;with&nbsp;'signal&nbsp;11:&nbsp;internal&nbsp;compiler&nbsp;error'?&nbsp;<BR>
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A:&nbsp;This&nbsp;indicates&nbsp;a&nbsp;hardware&nbsp;problem&nbsp;in&nbsp;about&nbsp;99%&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;cases.&nbsp;It&nbsp;can&nbsp;usually&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;be&nbsp;fixed&nbsp;by&nbsp;increasing&nbsp;the&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;wait&nbsp;states&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;CMOS&nbsp;settings.&nbsp;It&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;can&nbsp;almost&nbsp;always&nbsp;be&nbsp;fixed&nbsp;by&nbsp;turning&nbsp;off&nbsp;the&nbsp;RAM&nbsp;cache,&nbsp;but&nbsp;this&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;your&nbsp;last&nbsp;resort&nbsp;since&nbsp;it&nbsp;will&nbsp;cause&nbsp;a&nbsp;noticeable&nbsp;slowdown.&nbsp;<BR>
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Q:&nbsp;How&nbsp;can&nbsp;I&nbsp;change&nbsp;(or&nbsp;get&nbsp;rid&nbsp;of)&nbsp;the&nbsp;color&nbsp;ls?&nbsp;<BR>
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A:&nbsp;Read&nbsp;the&nbsp;man&nbsp;page,&nbsp;and&nbsp;check&nbsp;out&nbsp;the&nbsp;file&nbsp;/etc/DIR_COLORS.&nbsp;You&nbsp;can&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;configure&nbsp;the&nbsp;colors&nbsp;any&nbsp;way&nbsp;you&nbsp;like,&nbsp;or&nbsp;shut&nbsp;them&nbsp;off&nbsp;entirely.&nbsp;Also,&nbsp;you&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;can&nbsp;copy&nbsp;/etc/DIR_COLORS&nbsp;into&nbsp;your&nbsp;home&nbsp;directory&nbsp;as&nbsp;'.dir_colors'&nbsp;to&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;override&nbsp;the&nbsp;global&nbsp;defaults&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;user&nbsp;by&nbsp;user&nbsp;basis.&nbsp;<BR>
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Q:&nbsp;I&nbsp;start&nbsp;X&nbsp;with&nbsp;&quot;openwin&quot;&nbsp;and&nbsp;it&nbsp;works&nbsp;OK,&nbsp;but&nbsp;I&nbsp;can't&nbsp;switch&nbsp;virtual&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;consoles.&nbsp;Why?&nbsp;<BR>
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A:&nbsp;On&nbsp;a&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;text&nbsp;screen,&nbsp;you&nbsp;switch&nbsp;virtual&nbsp;consoles&nbsp;with&nbsp;Alt-F1&nbsp;through&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alt-F8.&nbsp;Under&nbsp;XFree-86,&nbsp;you&nbsp;must&nbsp;use&nbsp;Ctrl-Alt-F1&nbsp;through&nbsp;Ctrl-Alt-F8.&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another&nbsp;useful&nbsp;'secret'&nbsp;key&nbsp;combination&nbsp;is&nbsp;RightShift-PgUp/PgDown&nbsp;for&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;scrollback.&nbsp;(a&nbsp;random&nbsp;amount&nbsp;ranging&nbsp;from&nbsp;none&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;few&nbsp;pages,&nbsp;depending&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;state&nbsp;of&nbsp;your&nbsp;video&nbsp;text&nbsp;buffer&nbsp;memory)&nbsp;<BR>
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Q:&nbsp;Why&nbsp;can't&nbsp;I&nbsp;use&nbsp;the&nbsp;new&nbsp;ghostscript&nbsp;with&nbsp;X?&nbsp;<BR>
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A:&nbsp;Make&nbsp;sure&nbsp;you&nbsp;have&nbsp;gs_x11.tgz&nbsp;from&nbsp;disk&nbsp;XAP1&nbsp;installed.&nbsp;<BR>
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Q:&nbsp;I&nbsp;can't&nbsp;get&nbsp;anything&nbsp;to&nbsp;work&nbsp;at&nbsp;all!&nbsp;What's&nbsp;the&nbsp;deal?&nbsp;<BR>
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A:&nbsp;If&nbsp;you&nbsp;seem&nbsp;to&nbsp;suffer&nbsp;catastrophic&nbsp;failure&nbsp;(!),&nbsp;then&nbsp;check&nbsp;the&nbsp;file&nbsp;FILE_LIST&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;on&nbsp;ftp.cdrom.com&nbsp;in&nbsp;/pub/linux/slackware&nbsp;against&nbsp;the&nbsp;contents&nbsp;of&nbsp;your&nbsp;disks&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and&nbsp;make&nbsp;sure&nbsp;you're&nbsp;not&nbsp;missing&nbsp;any&nbsp;files.&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Also,&nbsp;I've&nbsp;noticed&nbsp;that&nbsp;most&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;reports&nbsp;of&nbsp;kernel&nbsp;panics&nbsp;and&nbsp;system&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;hangs&nbsp;have&nbsp;come&nbsp;from&nbsp;people&nbsp;with&nbsp;4MB.&nbsp;If&nbsp;you're&nbsp;running&nbsp;into&nbsp;these&nbsp;types&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of&nbsp;problems&nbsp;I'd&nbsp;suggest&nbsp;forking&nbsp;over&nbsp;the&nbsp;$$$&nbsp;for&nbsp;4&nbsp;more&nbsp;meg.&nbsp;I&nbsp;have&nbsp;8&nbsp;MB&nbsp;of&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;RAM&nbsp;and&nbsp;never&nbsp;have&nbsp;crashes.&nbsp;(well,&nbsp;only&nbsp;when&nbsp;I&nbsp;really&nbsp;push&nbsp;my&nbsp;luck)&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If&nbsp;you&nbsp;don't&nbsp;want&nbsp;to&nbsp;do&nbsp;that,&nbsp;then&nbsp;go&nbsp;through&nbsp;your&nbsp;/etc/rc.d/rc.*&nbsp;files&nbsp;and&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;get&nbsp;rid&nbsp;of&nbsp;any&nbsp;daemons&nbsp;you&nbsp;don't&nbsp;use,&nbsp;like&nbsp;crond,&nbsp;lpd,&nbsp;or&nbsp;selection.&nbsp;<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If&nbsp;you've&nbsp;got&nbsp;4&nbsp;MB&nbsp;and&nbsp;you're&nbsp;getting&nbsp;'virtual&nbsp;memory&nbsp;exceeded&nbsp;in&nbsp;new'&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;warnings,&nbsp;make&nbsp;sure&nbsp;you&nbsp;set&nbsp;up&nbsp;and&nbsp;activate&nbsp;a&nbsp;swap&nbsp;partition&nbsp;before&nbsp;running&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;setup.&nbsp;If&nbsp;you're&nbsp;really&nbsp;hard&nbsp;up&nbsp;on&nbsp;memory,&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;boot&nbsp;a&nbsp;rootdisk&nbsp;using&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'editroot'&nbsp;instead&nbsp;of&nbsp;one&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;usual&nbsp;boot&nbsp;kernels.&nbsp;This&nbsp;will&nbsp;mount&nbsp;the&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;floppy&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;root&nbsp;drive,&nbsp;and&nbsp;you'll&nbsp;have&nbsp;to&nbsp;install&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;other&nbsp;drive&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;hard&nbsp;drive.&nbsp;You&nbsp;will&nbsp;also&nbsp;not&nbsp;be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;create&nbsp;any&nbsp;kind&nbsp;of&nbsp;boot&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;disk,&nbsp;so&nbsp;you'll&nbsp;have&nbsp;to&nbsp;install&nbsp;LILO&nbsp;and&nbsp;take&nbsp;your&nbsp;chances.&nbsp;I&nbsp;only&nbsp;suggest&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;using&nbsp;this&nbsp;approach&nbsp;if&nbsp;a&nbsp;swapfile&nbsp;will&nbsp;not&nbsp;work.&nbsp;<BR>
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