My experience with the Ubuntu Live CD is that it'll mount & use any existing swap partition.<div><br></div><div>HTH,</div><div><br></div><div>Dan</div><div><br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Iain dimmock <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iainpfx@gmx.co.uk">iainpfx@gmx.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hello<br>
<br>
as far as I know live cd runs in RAM, sorry cant be much more help<br>
<br>
Iain<br>
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> Datum: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 13:03:30 +0000 (GMT)<br>
> Von: Barry Allen <<a href="mailto:barry_a_14@yahoo.co.uk">barry_a_14@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br>
> An: <a href="mailto:nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk">nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>
> Betreff: Re: [Nottingham] Nottingham Digest, Vol 373, Issue 5<br>
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> Hi Guys,<br>
><br>
> I'm starting to think it may be a hardware problem too. Does the live CD<br>
> create a temp file on the hard disk to use a bit like swap space? I noticed<br>
> my hard disk light was running when I tried to boot from the live CD. Could<br>
> be just checking what hardware is available but noticed it was on during<br>
> the startup until it shutdown again.<br>
><br>
> I got hold of a copy of the new knoppix 6.4 by buying a linux mag (linux<br>
> user I think) but no joy same as Ubuntu 8.04. it is a double sided DVD and<br>
> has fedora 14 on the other side so will give it a try too.<br>
><br>
> Thanks for the help Duncan. Will keep you informed.<br>
><br>
> Cheers<br>
><br>
><br>
> Barry<br>
><br>
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> > > Thank you for more suggestions and I'll try them as<br>
> > soon as I can. Only problem now is the PC is "initiating<br>
> > shutdown" about a minute after it says its starting up. This<br>
> > happens both when booting from the live CD and the hard<br>
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> > > Thanks to all who have helped out and I'll keep you<br>
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> > weight to boot.<br>
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> > hmmm, this is beginning to sound like a hardware problem.<br>
> > It would be worth trying a different distro live CD (eg.<br>
> > Fedora core 14).<br>
> > All distros modify the vanilla linux kernel. <br>
> > Sometimes, if you are<br>
> > unlucky (and I have been), they do something that goes<br>
> > horribly wrong<br>
> > on your hardware. Since different distros patch the<br>
> > kernel differently<br>
> > it is worth trying one to see if that overcomes the<br>
> > problem.<br>
> ><br>
> > Have fun,<br>
> > Duncan<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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> > Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:50:59 +0000<br>
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