On Sunday 28 January 2001 14:15, you wrote:
> I am new to linux. i have mandrake 7.2.
> it runs slow....like a p166 in win98!!!
>
> I have a p2 333 with 256mb ram (mem is reported correctly in mandrake)
> I have a 243mb swap partition that seems never got get used by the system.
> using kde 2.
>
> what could be wrong. i click on etscape and it takes about 10 seconds to
> load. Isn't this supporsed to be a fast OS?
> how do i get linux to be fast like my win98?
>
> Thanks,
> Sandy
I have a similar system P2 300 with 256MB of ram and I launch Netscape from
cold in 5secs. I would suggest tuning up your harddrive with hdparm. A
decent place to start is www.frankenlinux.com, they have a page on tuning
your IDE harddrive.
Good luck
--
Mike Mattix
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