Reducing ram used by Puppy

[wizard]

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

[JusGellin]

@wizard
How would that work for KLs?

For one I'm using - KLV-vmHost-rc3, it doesn't have pfix=fsck in its grub.cfg.
It does have something called w_changes=RAM2 though.
Would something like you show just be added somewhere on the linux line?
Also is the order it is placed on the line important?

Thanks

[rockedge]

@JusGellin,

KLV can't use the Puppy Linux kernel command line parameter and options like pfix=fsck. The initrd is different.

There is a list of the KLV parameters I'll dig out the link for

I'll consult @wiak if we can manage an additional command line option for a something similar in KLV