[ale] Problems, now Swap Space

[Nick Lucent]

I believe you can check the installed packages on slackware w/ pkgtool

Nick

On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Jeff Rose wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Michael B Golden wrote:
> 
> > 	Upon checking it using what you said, lo and behold, you were
> > right. There is no swap space on my system. I thought Slackware was
> > supposed to automatically create it on installation. I can't make any
> > now, as I don't have enough HD space free. (I have two drives, a 520M
> > [6.17M Free] , and a 610M [41.4 Free] {This drive houses Linux}). I
> > cannot afford to lessen this space for a swap space.
> 
> Have you tried:
> 
> 1. rpm -q -a >> rpm.log [check rpm.log for uneeded rpms]
> 
> 2. rpm -e <package_name>+ [cream those you will NEVER use]
> 
> 3. Keep rpm.log around with what you uninstalled in case you
>    _do_ need it back!
> 
> Yes, I'm a Slackware never-used-before Linuxer, but I really think
> _most_ of us non 100% GURUs installed much more than we ever needed!
> You can inquire Slackware to what you have on your system and really
> make a checklist of what you very well can figure out you will NEVER
> use.  Cream those packages and reclaim the space for swap!
> 
> Am I still in touch with reality?
> 
> Jeff
> 
> "...when He has tested me I will come forth as gold."
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