Re: speed improvements for a low end system

1998-06-25 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Paul Miller wrote: > > I'm in the process of replacing my computer's role with an old computer, > to give my system more freedom (I don't have to be up all the time!). > > Anyone have any software suggestions on how I can improve the speed on my > old 486DX/33 (8 ram, 1 ide,

Re: speed improvements for a low end system

1998-06-25 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Paul Miller wrote: > I want to remove all processes that take lots of cpu time and memory. > Recompiling the kernel is also something I'm interested in -- what takes > cpu time/memory in the kernel? Experimenting with this is too slow; it > takes several hours to recompile!

speed improvements for a low end system

1998-06-25 Thread Paul Miller
I'm in the process of replacing my computer's role with an old computer, to give my system more freedom (I don't have to be up all the time!). Anyone have any software suggestions on how I can improve the speed on my old 486DX/33 (8 ram, 1 ide, 2 old scsi drives, PS/1 w/ 8k i-cache!)? This compu