Larry Stotler wrote:
> On 11/24/08, Stefan Assmann <
sassmann@...> wrote:
>> Really hard to tell what went wrong there :) Most problems I observed
>> where related to the system running out of memory. That sometimes happens
>> before swap gets activated.
>
> If you are doing an install and have a previous linux swap partition,
> can't you activate that during the boot? Not sure how the PS3 boots
> because I don't own one yet....
Not necessary anymore as we have the ps3vram driver now :)
>
> Also, I have several systems with only 256MB. Does the PS3 allow all
> of the 256MB or does it steal some of it and only allow so much? It
> would be really nice if the 256MB of graphics ram was available. The
> low ram is probably the biggest drawback for me(since I don't play
> games....).
Normally you get around 210MB of RAM, that's what the hypervisor exposes.
Additionally now you get around 240MB of VRAM which will be used as
swap during installation. You shouldn't run out of memory anymore while
installing.
Stefan
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