Paul Hartman schrieb: > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Grant <[email protected]> wrote: [...] >>> >>> 1. run xfce4 (already do) >>> 2. compile with -Os (I was using -O2) >>> 3. use ext2 (I was using ext3) >>> 4. don't use laptop-mode (I didn't know it existed) >>> 5. no syslog (does this mean don't even emerge a system logger like >>> metalog?) >>> 6. use elevator=noop at boot >>> 7. deactivate DRI >>> 8. upgrade RAM to the max >> Which of these still apply when using a conventional HD instead of a >> SSD in the netbook? > [...] > Otherwise, I think normal laptop performance tuning guidelines would > apply... Do whatever you can to reduce disk access. On my laptop I > disabled swap, set the hdd to power off after X minutes of idle, > disable disk cache in web browsers, use /dev/shm for portate tmpdir, > disable cron and hald disk polling and slocate and all the other > things that run in the background on their own and cause the disks to > wake up. And cpu frequency scaling of course. >
What do you mean with "disable [...] hald disk polling"? Deactivate hald completely or is there a hidden switch I haven't yet discovered?
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