[arachne] Re: D*** BasicLinux

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On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:11:54 +1100, Ron Clarke wrote:

> 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.

I don't understand this.

To me "pppsetup" is a utility whose job is to allow the various
parameters for doing a connection to be properly set. Do it once
and don't touch it again unless you change your ISP.

Then "ppp-on" should be the one to load whatever is necessary
from the file where the setup info is stored, and then make the
connection.

But someone seems to have put it all arse up. You have to run the
setup, with the option to alter all the parameters, before you
can run ppp-on.

That's just plain *S*T*U*P*I*D*.

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

It is empty now. Zero percent.

> 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.

SHEEESH! No wonder I'm in trouble! This computer has only 16
megs of RAM.

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

It is deleted.

But what is the point of starting again if it is going to run out
of space all the time?

I mostly like to keep my old stuff, rather than download it and
install it again every time I want to access it.

Unless I can save the stuff I've downloaded or installed, Linux
is not the OS for me.

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