[Eug-lug] Knoppix 5.1.1

[Alan Crandall]

At 02:52 PM 4/20/2007, you wrote:
>On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 14:31 -0400, Alan Crandall wrote:
> > Hello all, I have been trying for the last 2 days to download Knoppix 5.1.1
> > dvd iso and no matter if I try a torrent or plain iso, I get a "disk is out
> > of space" message.This is on both my tower and laptop.Both have plenty of
> > space ?
> > Any ideas why ?
>
>df -alh?

sorry I forgot to mention the downloading was via Windows


>Do you mean you get a pop-up from Firefox (or other browser) stating
>"Disk Out Of Space"?  If so, probably a quota restriction on the server,
>and not you the client. :-/

yes Firefox told me that.Called Comcast and they said no,it's not on there end


> > And if some kind soul has it as a dvd iso, could I get a copy ?
>
>I'd do it, but it looks as if this is a new release of KNOPPIX?

2 months old IIRC.Suppose to be a new verion out later this month but 
if I get 5.1.1 will just upgrade

>If I grab it today or tomorrow, I'll drop you an email if you haven't
>gotten a DVD yet.

thanks !



> > The other thing is, in preparing for the install I want to have my ext2 set
> > up and have read different things about the awpa file size.Some say twice
> > the size of your ram-I have 1 gig-so that would make a 2 gig swap.Others
> > say have a max of 512 megs of swap.Which is right ?
>
>
>For swap, I've usually only set a swap to ~364MB as I've rarely ventured
>into using swap on systems with anywhere from 200-1GB of ram.
ok, guess I will set to 512 megs and be safe