On 08.07.06 15:15, Rich Johnson wrote: > I have just converted an old NEC PG350 (500MHz) w 256MB and 20G(WDC > WD200BB) disk from WIn'98 to Debian Sarge and ran into a problem I've > never before encountered with Debian: > > Performance that is HORRIBLE beyond belief! > > For example: > - ~16 minutes to boot (A 10 yr old 130Mhz PowerPC is faster) to > GDM login screen. > - >2 min. just for for ''calculating module dependencies'' > - >3 min. just for hotplug > - ~10min. from user login to a settled Gnome desktop. > > What gives? I've never seen such bad performance. > What diagnostics/benchmarks should I be looking at?
Don't you have disabled/broken CPU L1 and/or L2 cache? Try installing and running memtest/memtest+ -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
