On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Jay Daniels wrote: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 01:07:12PM +0800, kent emia wrote: > > hi to all > > > > 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? > > > > TIA > ---end quoted text--- > > It may be a lot of trial and error, but if all the boxes have the same > hardware, you may want to compile a custom kernel and distribut it > across the network. Custom kernels (if done correctly) can greatly > speed up Linux and X. > > There was also something in the Linux Journal about DMA mode in ide > hard drives to speed up Linux. I forget the name of the config file, > anyone??? compiling a custom kernel with only the options you need, shouldn't speed up the system, just saves you RAM since the kernel being loaded into RAM is smaller. I think the command you are thinking of is hdparm. -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
