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
