Output of the command "ps afx" would be helpful. Jon
On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Arvind Narayanan wrote: > > I am also using a similar system , in fact much lower than this, i got AMD > 350 + 128Mb + 40gb seagate IDE(much slower than 7200 rpm). > > On my system linux 7.2 runs faster than windows 98 and 2000. > > Please check the type of FS on which you installed linux .If it is on Fat > then change it to ext2 or ext3 and also check the number of cron and daemon > jobs running at a time. Too many jobs spoil the speed. > > It is generally advisable to give the swap size to be double the physical > memory but since you are using 256Mb i guess it doesnt make any difference. > > Linux does not experience any problems running at the end of a large > drive.My own system is like this > > The bad block check does take an hour on a 40gig hdd , be it linux or > windows. > > If you cant seem to change the speed then reinstalling might be the only > option left > > regards, > Arvind > www.fortunespace.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 9:08 AM > Subject: Poor Performance on a Compaq Presario > > > > Hello All; > > > > I recently did a Redhat 7.3 installation on a friend's computer to > > introduce him to Linux, and to put it bluntly, the performance really > stinks. > > > > The preliminary tech specs are - Compaq Presario 5301, AMD 380 mhz CPU, > 256 > > megs shared memory (248 for the system, 8 for the integrated video). The > > installation was a fresh triple boot installation (Win 98, Win 2000, and > > Linux using the NT bootloader) on a new 40 gig, 7200 rpm Western Digital > > hard disk. Win 98 installed first with 4 gigs, Win 2000 next with 26 gigs, > > and Linux last with 8 gigs. > > > > The Linux install was a 256 meg swap partition, and one big 8 gig > partition > > for /. > > > > The system didn't recognize the 40 gig disk size at first; after a BIOS > > upgrade, it recognized the full capacity. The original disk (4 gigs) was > > left in as a second disk for storage (formatted with FAT32 and Win 98) > > > > During the install I had selected "check disk for bad blocks" and the disk > > check was excrutiatingly slow (took about an hour). After install, every > > command run in Linux takes forever. (Win 98 and Win 2000 run just fine.) > > > > What could be causing such poor performance? Just speculating out loud, > I'm > > wondering if installing Linux at the end of a large drive has something to > > do with it, because with the other specs (CPU speed, and RAM), it should > be > > running pretty good. > > > > Any comments/insights? > > > > Paul Greene > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
