On 5/26/05, Scot L. Harris <webid@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 16:37, Fred Morcos wrote:
> hey everyone,
> i tried to search for tutorials and online books on how to tweak the
> linux kernel because i am really disappointed with the performance of
> FC3, boot time is too long and the system is slow in responding to
> actions, also it takes up too much memory space (about 110 mbs).. does
> anyone have a tutorial or books to teach me how to remove unused
> modules and recompile the kernel, also how to tweak my FC3 system and
> etc... (please dont ask me to remove services to decrease boot time
> because i already did and its still to slow)..
> thanks for the help..
> ps: im a beginner and have 0 knowledge about kernel compiling and all
> that stuff..
Before you embark on tweaking the kernel what hardware are you running?
How much memory? Processor speed? What are you comparing it to?
How did you measure the memory usage?
top, free, and vmstat can provide some good information.
im running a p4 2.8 ghz (i686), 512 mb of ram, im comparing it to how windows xp runs on my computer..
i measured memory usage from the gnome system monitor..
u might tell me that i can sacrifice some boot time in exchange of stability, but actually the system is really slowly-responsive.. and this bugs me.. ;)
-fred
