Puppy 214X-TOP9 swap file problem
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Puppy 214X-TOP9 swap file problem
I created a swap file called pupswap.swp in my WinXP partition for my frugal installed Classic Pup 214X-TOP9 using a method I found in the Internet, i.e in WinXP (ntfs partition),type "fsutil flie createnew C:\pupswap.swp 528244000" (without quotes, and for 512MB size). Then in Puppy rxvt, I first "mkswap /mnt/home/pupswap.swp" successfully as it showed the correct size and UUID. But when I wanted to turn swap on by " swapon /mnt/home/pupswap.swp" , it said "swapon: argument is invalid". Upon rebooting puppy,the message about swapon invalid argument also appeared. What gives and how to correct it? Please help. By the way, I also tried using winfonts.pet to set my WinXP pagefile.sys as swap space but to no avail.
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Re: Puppy 214X-TOP9 swap file problem
IIRC, at least some of the versions automagically mount a file called 'pupswap.swp" when they boot up, if it exists.PenguinPupLin wrote:I created a swap file called pupswap.swp in my WinXP partition for my frugal installed Classic Pup 214X-TOP9 using a method I found in the Internet, i.e in WinXP (ntfs partition),type "fsutil flie createnew C:\pupswap.swp 528244000" (without quotes, and for 512MB size). Then in Puppy rxvt, I first "mkswap /mnt/home/pupswap.swp" successfully as it showed the correct size and UUID. But when I wanted to turn swap on by " swapon /mnt/home/pupswap.swp" , it said "swapon: argument is invalid". Upon rebooting puppy,the message about swapon invalid argument also appeared. What gives and how to correct it? Please help. By the way, I also tried using winfonts.pet to set my WinXP pagefile.sys as swap space but to no avail.
Try opening a terminal and type "free" (which will report free memory, actual RAM and swap) -- that will tell you if it was already mounted.
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This reply is purely speculative its something I would try if no other suitable suggestion arises.
Perhaps it may be worth recreating the swapfile under Classic Pup 214X-TOP9? (In case there are possible file compatibility issues).
BTW the solution I use is to create a separate linux-swap partition using gparted. Even non puppy linuxes such as knoppix and GRML as temporary/ live CDs find and use with no problems arising.
This is a more technical solution and may not suit everyone especially if you have to shrink an existing partition to make room. Also it will semi-permanently reserve space on the HD unlike a standard swapfile that can be deleted.
Perhaps it may be worth recreating the swapfile under Classic Pup 214X-TOP9? (In case there are possible file compatibility issues).
BTW the solution I use is to create a separate linux-swap partition using gparted. Even non puppy linuxes such as knoppix and GRML as temporary/ live CDs find and use with no problems arising.
This is a more technical solution and may not suit everyone especially if you have to shrink an existing partition to make room. Also it will semi-permanently reserve space on the HD unlike a standard swapfile that can be deleted.
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I was thinking along this line when I saw your post. Tried, using swapfilemanager to create one under Classic Pup 214X but no dice. Typing free in console showed no swap and rebooting showed sawpon invalid argument when I used the name pupswap.swp - when I used another name,eg simply swapfile,nothing happened.
Thanks for your suggestion anyway. I guess,my last resort is to create a swap partition however reluctant I am to do so as all my puppies are frugal installed to multi-boot in WinXP ntfs partition which I originally wanted to avoid touching.
Thanks for your suggestion anyway. I guess,my last resort is to create a swap partition however reluctant I am to do so as all my puppies are frugal installed to multi-boot in WinXP ntfs partition which I originally wanted to avoid touching.
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Re: Puppy 214X-TOP9 swap file problem
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This computer has a frugal installed Classic Pup 214X-TOP9, which can dual-boot with MS-Windows 98SE.
Here's the output of free:
Here's some other stuff:
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Please let me know other info you may want.
Thanks,
Sheldon
PenguinPupLin wrote:I created a swap file called pupswap.swp in my WinXP partition for my frugal installed Classic Pup 214X-TOP9
This computer has a frugal installed Classic Pup 214X-TOP9, which can dual-boot with MS-Windows 98SE.
Here's the output of free:
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total used free shared buffers
Mem: 775668 325100 450568 0 30632
Swap: 102372 0 102372
Total: 878040 325100 552940
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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1006 8080663+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 1007 9729 70067497+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 1007 2542 12337888+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda6 2543 3524 7887883+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
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ls -l /mnt/home/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2011-09-13 19:01 boot
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 104857600 2011-09-16 02:00 pupswap.swp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-09-15 16:34 top9
Thanks,
Sheldon
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Hi Sheldon, the main difference between yours and mine lies in the Windows OS and partition format. Mine is WinXP ntfs (I actually heard of people installing their WinXP in FAT32 partition but that's beside the point here) while yours Win98SE FAT32. And my understanding is that Classic Pup 214X-TOP9 is based on an old kernel 2.6.18.1 which may not take too kindly to ntfs partition where I frugal nstalled all my multi-boot Puppies with WinXP.Maybe somebody has something to say about this. Or could it be the command to turn swapon is different from the newer puppies/kernels because my swap space works fine under Wary511, Puppy 431 and Lighthouse 5.0.3?
Well,thanks for sharing your info with me. I'll just have to be patient and wait for some kind soul to come to my rescue. If and when the solution arises,I ll also try it on my other puppy Legacy OS 2 similarly based on k2.6.18.1.
So far,in my case, the puppies I've tried that works best for my 10-yr-old notebook (1.6GHz cpu,512MB ram and integrated NVidia Geforce 2 go graphics chipset) has been Wary 511, Puppy 431 and Classic Pup 214XTOP9, the last of which is my favourite and I just have got to make swap space work for much better performance. Understandably,for my other slightly better PC hardware, I always go for Lighthouse Puppy first and then others such as Slacko.
Well,thanks for sharing your info with me. I'll just have to be patient and wait for some kind soul to come to my rescue. If and when the solution arises,I ll also try it on my other puppy Legacy OS 2 similarly based on k2.6.18.1.
So far,in my case, the puppies I've tried that works best for my 10-yr-old notebook (1.6GHz cpu,512MB ram and integrated NVidia Geforce 2 go graphics chipset) has been Wary 511, Puppy 431 and Classic Pup 214XTOP9, the last of which is my favourite and I just have got to make swap space work for much better performance. Understandably,for my other slightly better PC hardware, I always go for Lighthouse Puppy first and then others such as Slacko.