Pfix options: why Puppy says there isn't plenty RAM?

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Voren
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Pfix options: why Puppy says there isn't plenty RAM?

#1 Post by Voren »

I am using a PC with 512 ram, and had, for now, saved puppy's settings to an almost full 256mb usb key, so the puppy 3fs file is only 30mb

I noticed that when I was using puppy after it booted the saved settings, and I had downloaded the 17mb java 1.5 JRE bin from Sun to my home folder, and the warning signal was flashing in the taskbar that I had almost no ram available for puppy and the cursor was freezing-it was limited by the super small config-saved file, even though my PC has plenty of ram for puppy.

And when I use the pfix=ram setting at boot, I do not get my saved settings, but had plenty of memory for puppy.

Is it possible to run Puppy in completely in ram but still use your saved settings?

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#2 Post by Flash »

Yes, from a multisession CD or (better yet) DVD. This requires there be a CD or DVD burner in the computer. Multisession CD/DVD will run fine even without a hard drive in the computer. I have been using it that way for at least 3 months with few problems.
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