add the following lines to all your file systems in /etc/fstab
noatime,nodiratime i.e.:[here are mine:] LABEL=/ / xfs defaults,noatime,nodiratime 1 1 LABEL=/home /home xfs defaults,noatime,nodiratime 0 1 If you are really I/O bound, then that will help. I use a K6-II 450, w/ a GeForce2MX-400 [64meg] w/ the NVidia drivers and 230megs of RAM [PC100]. 2 or 3 Mozilla Windows, and Evolution all the time, and I still use e-macs and never have Internet speed issues. I can tell you the performace is way better than 7.3, and better than Win2k. I can really feel speed [or lack thereof], and I am having good results w/ 8. I also use my box for testing, filtering spam, messing w/ LDAP, etc. All=ok. Also, I have the ALI chipset, and my drive is only ATA66. However, I am shocked to hear of your problems - ESPECIALLY that XP[eriance-the-horror] runs _faster_ on your machine. Another thing is tuning that crap you need running: This will show you what services start at Runlevels 3, 4, or 5. chkconfig --list|grep '[345]:on'|sort <snip> [menion@menion shared]$ chkconfig --list|grep '[345]:on'|sort alsasound 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off gpm 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off ip6tables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off keytable 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off nfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off nfslock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off nscd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off random 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off rhnsd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off smb 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off webmin 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:off 4:off 5:on 6:off xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off <snip> I don't need ip6tables, and here is how I turn it off: <snip> [menion@menion shared]$ su Password: [root@menion shared]# sudo chkconfig --level 345 ip6tables off <snip> A stock RH install has about 30 - 40 services running. The only thing that is disabled that you normally want is 'kudzu'. Disabling it significantly cuts init time on my machine. For adjusting Redhat 8, on a functioning system I think you might want to run: 'redhat-config-services' This will pull up a point-and-click window that also explains the services. js On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 05:47, Johnathan Bailes wrote: > On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 06:03, Rodolfo Canet-Castelló wrote: > > El vie, 15-11-2002 a las 09:32, Greg escribió: > > > Also, one more note on speed. Multitasking programs is a no go with RH > > > it seems at the moment. If I try to load two programs at the same time, > > > it slows down so much it is not funny. An example might be loading > > > browser/email prgrams at the same time. Or, another, if I am doing a > > > file search on the hard drives, and I try to load another program, the > > > other program will take 50+ times longer to do anything. > > > > The behaviour of your system isn't normal at all. Why don't you (as > > root) run dmesg and post the print out for the experts to have a > > look...? > > > > Rodolfo > > > > Honestly, I hate sending out this email. I like Redhat a lot. I am a > gnome desktop user and Redhat 8.0 is my choice for my personal machine. > However, I moved from SuSE 8.0 off a 2.4.18 kernel to Redhat 8.0 on the > same machine and it does feel slower. I hate this considering the fact > I heard it was faster due to the gcc 3.2 versions of most software. > > I have played around with the hdparm settings and got them to the point > of being an exact dup of what I had before and even tried other options > I have seen. > > I completely understand that this could be caused by a load of different > issues. > > The question is are there are any options I can pass to the kernel or > any tweaking options in the powertweak clone that can improve the speed > on a Dell Inspiron 4000 with a 800MHZ Celeron? > > This is NOT a troll. I want some more hints beyond the > /etc/sysconfig/harddisks stuff because I have already been there. > > Thanks ahead of time. > > -- > Johnathan Bailes BAE Systems ESI > > > "UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because > that would also stop you from doing clever things." - Doug Gwyn > --- -- VB programmers ask why no one takes them seriously, it's somewhat akin to a McDonalds manager asking employees why they don't take their 'career' seriously.
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