what settings would you recommend I tweek? thanks hank to call me directly click this url. http://fwd.pulver.com/callme.php?userid=91013 email hank at hanksmith.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh@xxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 2:20 AM Subject: Re: Help - slow performance on a Toshiba laptop > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Hank, > > Your Slackware 9.1 installation should run okay right out of the > box, but to get max performance you may need to tweak things here > and there, and possibly change some kernel settings as I did. But > you can work your way up to max speed as you get accustomed to > the new environment. I have been using this crippled system > relatively happily for quite a while before I found the magic key > to faster disk I/O yesterday. Your HD will not run any slower > than mine did until yesterday. > > Chuck > > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, hank wrote: > > > I am going to be putting slackware 9.1 on a amd 233 mhz 13 gig drive with 64 > > megs ram once I get the 13 gig hd put in. should I have to change anything > > to get this thing up and running at max speed fore this slow of a machine? > > I am currently on my windows box but plan on having this second machine as > > my linux box > > thanks > > hank > > > - -- > The Moon is Waxing Crescent (1% of Full) > In a world without Fences or Walls no one needs Windows or Gates. > My home page is now at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iQCVAwUBQDcxFjVdG8M9x9tGAQI8CQQArX0by9CjhUn8cJBAKxwzpJ9dzx6P5svt > n29SThutTFOd3NdpkOSHcVGNczk6C8wp1pg1bj+bk2rfU/CNHydAFss23sVg1amH > bY21MgTRn0ObW2pDr3upM78tRyafvVlApgwLpxEsqX+8Q7taN3v+F/NwfsVOqCwh > li/F+rSYB8s= > =44gr > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup