On Wed Feb 03 1999 at 10:38, Mitchell Gil Maltenfort wrote:
> I'm guessing this may be related to an issue mentioned in the RH5.2 install
> manual (the FAQ section), where systems with 512kb of cache could not see
> memory over 64 Meg, even with an "append" command in the boot script. The
> result of this bug was that systems with a lot of memory had degraded
> performance of the kind you are describing.
The 2.0.36, 2.2.x and late 2.1.x kernels do not require "append
mem=128Mb" (or whatever) any more.
>
> At 09:47 AM 03/02/1999 -0600, Robert Johannes wrote:
>
>
> >I've a PII system with 256mb ram, 450mhz cpu and a tekram DC390F scsi
> >controller card. I installed Redhat 5.2, and things run fine, but I've
> >not noticed performance difference between this system and the one it
> >replaced, which was a cyrix 233 with 128mb ram (1mb of L2 cache) and a
> >buslogic BT-946c scsi card. The PII actually seems slower in some
> >aspects, such as opening up netscape-communicator, e.t.c.
> >
> >
> >I've looked in the /var/log messages, and I've not seen any indication
> >that something is not working properly. Most of the time the system has
> >about 100mb of ram listed as free when I run top.
> >
> >Any body has a clue as to why this system seems to be laggish, and locks
> >up? Why does netscape take forever to load on a system with 256mb ram
> >running at 450mhz?
>
>
>
Cheers
Tony
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