MEPIS Live CD SWAP ???

vivinuthappa · 06-11-2005, 12:00 PM

Hi,

I have the Simply MEPIS live CD (Version 3.3). I just wanted to know, when I am running the Live CD, where is the swap file / partition situated. Is it used???

I have noticed that the swap usage is mentioned in the performance parameters on the taskbar (It reads as 0%).

My PC uns on an AMD athlon 1.7 GHz and with 256 MB RAM.

Thanks in advance,

johnson_steve · 06-11-2005, 12:17 PM

theres no swap on a live cd. mepis is also made to install to you hd it could use swap there if you have a swap partition from another distro on you hd you can use it with the swapon command.

vivinuthappa · 06-11-2005, 12:39 PM

HI,

Are all such live cd distributions SWAP space free by default???

Thanks for prompt answer :-)

Bye,

mos · 06-11-2005, 01:07 PM

yes, a live cd just cant use swap by default, also if it was accessing the hard drive its not possible to use those partions in the installer

AdrianTM · 06-11-2005, 03:15 PM

Actually in my experience the Live CD uses the HD swap partition if existent. there's a "cheat" code you have to pass at boot up to make sure it doesn't use the swap (I don't remember now, I think it's "noswap" -- or of course you could do a "swapoff -a" as root)