> Not infrequently when I open up a new page on a Web browser, or perform
s> ome
> other computer-churning command, the cursor stalls for a moment, and the
> CD-ROM whines up, as if the computer were referencing information on
that
> device to perform the task.
>
> So, would the task be performed faster if no CD were in the drive?
>
> Why does the computer do this? (7200/8500 hybrid PCI Mac, 12x CD-ROM.)
>
> t
It's probably hitting the hard drive to load a code fragment -- & when it
does, the whole SCSI chain gets checked. You're running virtual memory,
right?
It would be faster if you had no CD drive -- or (less drastically), if you
turned off VM (if you can afford to). And/or beef up the Disk Cache
(again, if you can afford to.)
--
Over,
Jutso
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