[Nottingham] Nottingham Digest, Vol 373, Issue 5

[Iain dimmock]

Hello

as far as I know live cd runs in RAM, sorry cant be much more help

Iain

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> Datum: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 13:03:30 +0000 (GMT)
> Von: Barry Allen <barry_a_14 at yahoo.co.uk>
> An: nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Betreff: Re: [Nottingham] Nottingham Digest, Vol 373, Issue 5

> Hi Guys,
> 
> I'm starting to think it may be a hardware problem too. Does the live CD
> create a temp file on the hard disk to use a bit like swap space? I noticed
> my hard disk light was running when I tried to boot from the live CD. Could
> be just checking what hardware is available but noticed it was on during
> the startup until it shutdown again.
> 
> I got hold of a copy of the new knoppix 6.4 by buying a linux mag (linux
> user I think) but no joy same as Ubuntu 8.04. it is a double sided DVD and
> has fedora 14 on the other side so will give it a try too. 
> 
> Thanks for the help Duncan. Will keep you informed.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Barry
> 
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:38:06 +0000
> > From: Duncan Fyfe <djf at star.le.ac.uk>
> > Subject: Re: [Nottingham] Nottingham Digest, Vol 373, Issue
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> > Barry Allen wrote:
> > > Hi Guys,
> > > 
> > > Thank you for more suggestions and I'll try them as
> > soon as I can. Only problem now is the PC is "initiating
> > shutdown" about a minute after it says its starting up. This
> > happens both when booting from the live CD and the hard
> > disk.
> > > 
> > > Thanks to all who have helped out and I'll keep you
> > informed of my progress once I get my over-sized paper
> > weight to boot.
> > > 
> > hmmm, this is beginning to sound like a hardware problem.
> > It would be worth trying a different distro live CD (eg.
> > Fedora core 14).
> > All distros modify the vanilla linux kernel. 
> > Sometimes, if you are
> > unlucky (and I have been), they do something that goes
> > horribly wrong
> > on your hardware.  Since different distros patch the
> > kernel differently
> > it is worth trying one to see if that overcomes the
> > problem.
> > 
> > Have fun,
> > Duncan
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> > Message: 2
> > Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:50:59 +0000
> > From: Sergiusz Pawlowicz <sergiusz at pawlowicz.name>
> > Subject: [Nottingham] [apache... wave]
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> > It's official: Google Wave is now Apache Wave.
> > 
> > http://mashable.com/2010/12/06/apache-wave/
> > 
> > S.
> > 
> > 
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