Re: gEDA-user: PCB problems

[al davis <ad151@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 09 September 2007, Bob Paddock wrote:
> > It might be easier to reinstall the operating system.
>
> Isn't that like killing the patient to "cure" them?

In a way ...

I always set up my machines with a spare partition that can be 
used to install again without clobbering the original.  It 
might make sense to make the machine dual-boot, either 64 or 32 
bit.

There are some applications that only have 32 bit versions 
available.  There are some plugins that only have 32 bit 
versions, and require the 32 bit application.  Because of this, 
it might make sense to be able to boot 32 bit.

I said "it might be easier" because if you get one of the easy 
to install distributions, you can pretty much put the CD in and 
have a working system with almost no hassle.  Some of them 
(Fedora, Ubuntu) are so easy "a child can do it".  Some others 
(Debian) are easy too, but you might actually need to know 
something.

For your problem, it might be too big for 32 bit.  The address 
space is only 2^32 = 4 gig.  There are probably other factors 
that make it even worse.

You did kill off all competing processes, I assume.

I usually have lots of stuff open.  It all takes space.  When 
space is short, get rid of it.



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