On 31/08/07 14:08, Maccy wrote:
I'm having some problems trying to get SL4.5 to run properly on an Intel Core 2 Duo system with Intel DQ965GF mobo and 2 x SATA II disks. The O/S installs fine but takes forever to boot up and run.
slow boot: remove "rhgb quiet" (see other thread), check whether it stops/waits at any particular place (in the kernel) or service.
"general slow": check for errors ("dmesg" or /var/log/messages). We have seen a case where a machine would flood syslog and reset the ATA controller because no CD was in the drive..
Otherwise do basic "benchmarking" tests to isolate the component that is slow (hdparm -tT, check for DMA being enabled, check for processor speed not being reduced..)
Sorry, but "it is slow" is probably even worse to troubleshoot than "it does not work" ;-)
Regards jan
