[arachne] Re: Setting up Arachne 193

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On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:38:09 -0800, Eric S. Emerson wrote:

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> Hi Udo,
>           That's a good suggestion...I have never
> tried your technique since I run Arachne on a
> RAMdrive. I always just do a new complete
> installation.  After installing then I do grab some
> files from the old saved Arachne installation
> after comparing them with the new installation.
> Of course, I'm usually also checking how well
> the new distro installation works.

It strikes me that it would be quicker to zip the old installation, then
unzip to the RAMdrive when it is needed.

I tried this once with the old 486, but since I have upgraded to the 133
MHz processor and the new 10 Gb HDD, Arachne seems to be just as quick
running from the HDD.


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