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Reducing ram used by Puppy

Computers using Grub4Dos as the boot loader.
Use Geany editor.
-open the file: menu.lst
-find: pfix=fsck
-replace with: pfix=nocopy,fsck
Note: nocopy and fsck are separated by a comma and no spaces
-save

Computers using Grub2 as the boot loader.
Use Geany editor.
-open the file: grub.cfg
-find: pfix=fsck
-replace with: pfix=nocopy,fsck
Note: nocopy and fsck are separated by a comma and no spaces
-save

In addition to reducing ram use, you will also see a slightly faster boot speed.

wizard

Eeeh.....

Damn, this would have been useful a decade ago......when I were but a lad, and just starting out on the great Puppy adventure with only a slow NetBurst Celeron, 128 MB DDR1 and a 20 GB Hitachi Travelstar. (Steady on, Mike; you CAN ape the Hovis advert too far, y'know? )

Of course, 10 years down the road, I have a great deal more experience, and knowledge.....along with way more powerful & capable hardware, to boot. Still woulda been grand knowledge to have then, though.....ya know?

(*sigh...*)

(I know, I know.......seriously "off-topic"!)

Mike.

@JusGellin

Don't know for KL, hopefully one of the expert users can will reply.

wizard

Only an option in the mainline Puppy distros.