[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Reiserfs patch for 2.2.19



On Sat, Apr 19, 2003 at 01:21:25AM -0400, Kevin McKinley wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 15:30:28 +1000
> Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 10:58:35AM -0400, Kevin McKinley wrote:
> > > I would like to apply kernel-patch-2.2.19-reiserfs when I run make-kpkg.
> > > 
> > > What should I put after "--added-patches=" on the make-kpkg command line
> > > to apply this patch?
> > > 
> > > I've already tried "--added-patches=reiserfs-2_2_19", but that didn't
> > > work.
> > 
> > Is there any particular reason you're using ReiserFS with a 2.2 kernel?
> > It was greatly enhanced and is much better supported in 2.4.
> 
> The hardware is a P166 laptop with 64 Mb.
> 
> I installed 2.4.18-bf2.4 and Reiserfs. If I log in, start X with fluxbox and
> one Xterm, that accounts for ~56 Mb of memory.

How much RAM does your video card have?

> If I'm to do any useful work I need to get that down. Two candidates are a
> 2.2 kernel and Xfree 3.3.6.

How well does this work?  I can't imagine the kernel would take up more
than a meg or two, so how much RAM do you save by using 2.2?

-- 
Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org>                              http://www.ertius.org/
GPG keys: 1024D/1E73B7CD, 4096R/3ABDE5EC     |      Do I look like I want a CC?
Words of the day: Legion of Doom Manfurov Becker NORAD Consul kilo class Indigo

Attachment: pgp_ksvtVXUzN.pgp
Description: PGP signature


Reply to: