I would also run hdparm -v -t /dev/hd? to see if redhat
enables dma . Debian's default is dma off , so i put dma on
in bootmisc.sh.
With dma on the hdparm -t (Test) increases my disk
reads from about 3MB/sec to better than 16MB/sec.
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 21:50:49 -0400, Jonathan D. Proulx said:
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 11:49:13PM +0200, Julio Merino wrote:
>
> :I started emacs for first time and appered instantaneously... In
> :Debian it tooks a while to load a lot of files. Any pointers to this?
>
> my *guess* is that (your) Debian has alot more site-lisp packages
> installed that take time to load at startup.
>
> :Another thing is about X and Gnome; their startup is faster than in
> :Debian, and Gnome is using Enlightenment in RedHat and in Debian I'm
> :using WindowMaker... Why this difference?
>
> Far too many variables far too little time, but if you have alot of
> cruft in /etc/X11/XF86Setup (like invalid video modes that are
> attempted then dumped), this may be the culprit.
>
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