Re: Linux seems pokey with 684MB RAM

2002-12-02 Thread blkline
Daevid Vincent wrote: > > I use GRUB. Is there an equivillent command for that? > Don't bother adding the mem= parameter. The output from free that you gave: total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem:643140 632108 11032 0 3924 i

RE: Linux seems pokey with 684MB RAM

2002-11-28 Thread Daevid Vincent
I use GRUB. Is there an equivillent command for that? > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Try to add "append="MEM=684M" into /etc/lilo.conf > Then run lilo... -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/

RE: Linux seems pokey with 684MB RAM

2002-11-28 Thread Cameron . Davidson
> Nate said: > > Daevid Vincent said: > > > Swap: 522072 116012 406060 > > > > Here is what I have running currently as of that 'free' > > wonder why it's swapping like mad. > Me too. I have been puzzled by similar behaviour recently also. All I did was replace a server that was

Re: Linux seems pokey with 684MB RAM

2002-11-28 Thread EdwardSPL
Hello Try to add "append="MEM=684M" into /etc/lilo.conf Then run lilo... Hope this help ! Ed. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Linux seems pokey with 684MB RAM

2002-11-28 Thread Michael A. Peters
On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 17:12, Daevid Vincent wrote: > I'm loving my new Dell i8200 notebook computer, and adding 512MB to the > stock 128MB was a HUGE improvement, however I'm noticing that while > WindowsXP (home) seems to just fly along and IE opens up quickly, > Outlook running all the time, tril

Re: Linux seems pokey with 684MB RAM

2002-11-27 Thread nate
Daevid Vincent said: > Swap: 522072 116012 406060 > > Here is what I have running currently as of that 'free' wonder why it's swapping like mad. one thing I would suggest is at least temporarily disable swap. 684MB of ram is a TON of ram, and unless your doing something totally obs

Linux seems pokey with 684MB RAM

2002-11-27 Thread Daevid Vincent
I'm loving my new Dell i8200 notebook computer, and adding 512MB to the stock 128MB was a HUGE improvement, however I'm noticing that while WindowsXP (home) seems to just fly along and IE opens up quickly, Outlook running all the time, trillian, HomeSite, etc... The RedHat 8.0 side of things is p