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- From: wto@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (William T. O Connell)
- Subject: Re: quick q
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.080443.10051@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- Organization: PC peripheral operational services group
- References: <1993Jan6.071608.4248@wuecl.wustl.edu>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 08:04:43 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan6.071608.4248@wuecl.wustl.edu> ppc1@cec2.wustl.edu (Peter Pui Tak Chiu) writes:
- >
- >hi everyone,
- >
- >i have a few questions on linux.
- >
- >1. when i boot up linux using the floppy disk, i see the following messages:
- > Warning WD8013 board not found at i/o = 280.
- > ioctl: invalid argument
- > are they normal?
-
- The warning is normal (assuming you don't have a ethernet card installed).
- ioctl? (haven't seen before - are you doing anything special in your rc file?)
- Let someone else comment on the invalid argument.
-
- >2. i set up a 10MB swap partition using fdisk by specifing it as a Linux swap
- > partition. how do i know that linux is using it as swap memory? how can
- > i check the current free memory?
-
- To have Linux actually use the swap space, include the command
- 'swapon <your swap partition>' in either /etc/rc or /etc/rc.local.
- Then, when you boot, you will see a message indicating that linux
- setup 10MB of swap.
-
- To see how much free memory and swap space you have, type in 'free'.
- >
- >3. how can i change the node name from "softland" to something i like?
-
- Put 'hostname <something you like>' in you rc file.
-
-
- - Bill O'Connell wto@ihlpx.att.com
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