On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 16:20 -0800, Skunk Worx wrote: > Parameshwara Bhat wrote: > > > > Any comments ? Or am I missing something ? > > > > i've been working on a windows XP box, trying to figure out why it > grinds the hard drive all day, on every mouse movement, while linux > plugged into the same machine (same model model/size hard drive swapped > in) does not. > > i've come to the conclusion that, although both 6 gb. drives are fairly > full, the win XP box, as it applies patches and updates and software, > somehow puts them further out on the drive platters while linux somehow > tends to overwrite things when it patches and updates, or otherwise > manages to localize things...or has a better caching system by default. > > the poor XP machine (with the XP drive plugged it) just starts dying > after getting all the SPs, etc installed...grinding on the hard drive on > any action...the linux HD just gets accessed mostly on boot up and it's > done...with a big fat fedora core install and all yum updates. > > they are both 6 gb. drives, pretty small, not recommended....i'm > guessing XP has to swing the spindle all over the drive face a lot while > linux does not? > > this is just a theory about a special scenario where XP appears to be an > extremely poor solution compared to linux. > > -- > sw > > PS: a personal aside...i am no longer a linux advocate...my opinion is, > if you have to ask, you're a windows person anyway, no use discussing > it. the merits of each solution and all opinions either way are fully > documented on the web...to me the choice is obvious, for a huge number > of reasons, but that's just me. > > > This is more than likely a swapping issue. Check both your OS's and see which one swaps the most. XP will tend to boot up swapping unless you have a boatload of RAM. Just my 2 cents. Steve
