On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 7:37 AM, Viesturs Lācis <viesturs.lacis@...:
> I
>
> 2012/6/14 Mark Wendt <wendt.mark@...>:
> >
> > RAM is cheap, and you really can't have too much memory. Well, except in
> > odd ball cases like John's where Ubuntu does funky things.
>
> Well, since 32-bit system does not use much more than 2,8-3,2 GB of
> RAM, I do not see point to put 4 GB in there.
> I would not be surprised finding out that it is to do with the
> installer's wish to change the kernel - if it sees that current one
> will not handle that much of RAM or something like that...
>
True, but who's to say that LinuxCNC won't eventually be supported on the
64 bit OS? Eventually, you won't be able to buy a 32 bit machine except
from the antique store.
>
>
> > I'd rather have
> > too much than not enough memory. You can also use RAM as a fast file
> > system, though it's volatile so I wouldn't want to try and save anything
> > there.
>
> Yes, on my machines with SSDs one of the steps I am doing basically
> what is suggested in "install to compactflash" wiki page - move /tmp
> to RAM by creating a RAM-drive or something like that.
>
/tmp is already in RAM when your system is created. There's also a
/var/tmp too.
>
> --
> Viesturs
>
Cheers,
Mark
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