[daip] AIPS linux installation

[Stephan Witz]

You can use mkswap to make a swap file, as opposed to a swap partition,
then activate it with swapon. The mkswap man page gives pretty good
instructions for this. Note: you'll also need to add it to your
/etc/fstab file, so it activates on boot.

Eric Greisen wrote:

> Neal A Miller writes:
> 
>  > I am having one difficulty: the defined data area. This may be because
>  > during installation I named my data area something other than my
>  > machine name (for now, my machine has the impersonal name of
>  > "CC639212-B" assigned by Comcast for use of cable modem). Thus,
>  > when trying to RUN FILAIPS I get the warnings about no defined
>  > data areas. I'm a bit stumped. My AIPS root is just /AIPS, so the
>  > DADEVS.LIST file is found at: /AIPS/DA00/DADEVS.LIST. The
>  > only non-commented line in the file is:
>  > -  /AIPS/DATA/SILMARIL_1
>  > That directory does exist. However, I don't seem to have a
>  > $AIPS_ROOT/DADEVS.SH file. Could you help me fix this problem?
> 
>        Change the first character in the line above from a minus to a
> plus.  This will require that disk area on all computers including the
> 1 computer you care about.
> 
>  > 
>  > Also, I have some general Linux questions that should help my
>  > AIPS installation run much more smoothly. In my Linux installation,
>  > the swap space was set at a small value (an error in the installation
>  > instructions led me to falsely believe I shouldn't go above 128 MB).
>  > Is there an easy way to fix this?
> 
>     I am not an expert in systems - perhaps Pat or ? will know.
> 
> 
> Eric Greisen
> 
> 



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