[gobolinux-users] Freshen config

[Tom Connell]

Lucas C. Villa Real wrote:
> Since you're compiling a lot of applications, you possibly have a lot
> of source code left over at /Files/Compile/Sources and at
> /Files/Compile/Archives. If that's the case, just remove them and
> you'll have a lot of free space again. The 'linux' directory is just
> special, so I would suggest you to keep it around, unless you aren't
> going to compile new kernel drivers.
>   
Yes, I think that is the case and will look into it! As I have said 
elsewhere my main problem was a physical one as I was trying to use a 
virtual disk that was bigger than the maximum file size on the partition 
in which it is stored! But my Gobo installation has grown to 3.5GB so I 
will look at this when I have some leisure!
> I'm using a swap space of 512Mb at home, but I haven't configured it
> as a partition. I usually ignore that step and configure swap space
> inside a file, which can be resized without the need to peek with
> partitioning. The following commands are enough to create a swap
> partition of 512Mb; just remember to place a call to 'swapon
> /System/Kernel/Boot/swapfs' in /System/Settings/BootScripts/BootUp if
> you plan to use it.
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/System/Kernel/Boot/swapfs bs=1024 count=$(( 1024 * 512 ))
> mkswap /System/Kernel/Boot/swapfs
>
>   
Thanks for this info, I will consider this when/if I reinstall, but for 
now I have partitioned the drive so will carry on! I wasnt actually 
aware that Linux COULD swap to a file rather than a separate ppartition 
until I investigated this problem so that is something else learnt!

Tom