[arachne] Re: D*** BasicLinux

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Hi Greg,

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:41:24 +1030
"Greg Mayman" <gmone@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >> ppp-on refused to work the first time I tried after a boot but
> >> worked after I ran pppsetup and quit it without any changes.
> 
> > Thats the way !  You run pppsetup to load all the modules required.
> > And then you run ppp-on.
> 
> That's bloody stupid! Why should I have to do the setup every time I
> want to connect? Can't it be stored somewhere?

    Sure it can. You can set it so that it runs automatically on boot up.
But there are times you don't want it loaded, that is why it has been left the 
way it is in default.


> In fact it must be as my settings are there when i openb it.
> 
> >> When I had logged in to the ISP, I typed Links2 at the command
> >> prompt and it crashed straight back to the prompt. Tried again
> >> and it worked.... but it looks just like ordinary Links. Isn't it
> >> supposed to be a graphical browser?
> 
> > Yes, but it will also run as text only if you do not tell it to be 
> > graphical.
> 
> But now it won't run at all.

    And neither will anything else.  :(

    You have filled your file system and there is no more space to put anything.

> Trying to gunzip that file, I get an error message that there is no room
> left on my HDD.
> 
> That is bullsh*t! There is over 300 megs free, according to DOS!

   We are talking about two different things here.  :)

   Your hard drive is untouched. Plenty of room there.

   But the BasicLinux installation is not running on your hard drive - it is 
the wrong file system anyway.
When (from DOS) you boot BL with boot.bat, the BasicLinux file system (ext2, 
not fat16) is booted up in RAM.
Think RAM disk, with a predefined size. The file system of BL is about 20 MB 
with the default installation.
When you typed:  df     (= disk free ?)    you reported one line:  /dev/loop0   
mounted at /    100 % used

    That tells you that the available (RAM) file-system space has been filled - 
with your extra add-ons such as sylpheed, sc, Links2 and the "howto" stuff. So, 
of course nothing works properly, it hasn't any more room, and it cannot use 
your fat16 space on the DOS HDD, except as storage (if required).


> At present it is just getting worse. After I run pppsetup and ppp-on,
> links won't run now. It says there is no room left on the drive.

    And it is correct in that.

    Time to delete what you have and start again, but taking notice of your 
available file system space.

Regards,
         Ron

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