On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 06:30:37PM +0100, dballester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > we've just migrated from windows and most of our pc's is installed with > > redhat 9 and some are on redhat8.. > > > > they kept on comparing the speed from their previous OS its because when > > opening a simple file from or compiling a simple program(using java) it > > would take them a couple of seconds to complete the task.. > > > > is there a way to tweak things up.. so that speed will be a little > > faster? > > Well if you can send me the output of this commands may be we can help you: > > as root execute, > > 'hdparm -I /dev/hda' > > 'hdparm -tT /dev/hda' ( at least 2 or 3 times ) > > 'more /proc/meminfo' > > 'more /proc/cpuinfo' > > 'lsmod' > > Do you know if you are using prelink? I have never found that changin the parmeters on the hard disk speededup anything. The defalt values seem pretty optimal. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University 715 Stadium Dr. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
