I'll give it a try next time I boot. Thanks for the info. Abe >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== >Hi, >I'm jumping into the middle of this, but thought you may not know this: at the >Boot prompt, type "linux idebus=66". (w/o quotes) Sometimes I start this way, >but I really don't notice much difference in performance. YMMV. > >TRBishop >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Registered Linux User #12043 > > >On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Abe wrote: >> Hey, if you tell me how to do that I will gladly post my numbers. I've got a >> UDMA 66 drive and the boot up claims it is using 33mhz system bus for it but I >> don't know how to get solid numbers. This is neat. I'm really enjoying the >> multitude of conversations going on in teh list these days. Learning as lot >> too. Thanks everybody! >> >> >> Abe >> >> >> >> >===== Original Message From Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== >> >On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: >> > >> >>Hmmmmmmmm...it took mine 43 seconds to come up. >> >> >> >>On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Patti Wavinak wrote: >> >> >> >>> I hate to disappoint you or maybe I am just lucky -- I have Star Office >> >>> 5.2 in Linux with 2.2.16 kernel a PII 450 processor and 256M of memory. I >> >>> just timed how long it took to bring it up -- less than 3 seconds after I >> >>> clicked on the icon. I'll stick with Star Office but that's jmho. ;-) >> > >> >From an article I just read, the speed of the harddisk and throughput of >> >the IDE/SCSI controller contributes a tremendous lot to the speed of >> >loading of this package. Compare those, just for fun, ok? :) >> > >> >Paul >> > >> >-- >> >In a world without walls and fences >> >who needs windows or gates? >> > >> >http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 >> > -=PINE 4.21 on Linux Mandrake 7.1=- >> >> Jesus saves, >> Allah forgives, >> Chthulu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich. >-- Jesus saves, Allah forgives, Chthulu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich.
