----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak" <mjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thursday, April 19, 2007 11:55 am Subject: Re: Really, REALLY slow computer To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > zephod@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > So, > > new job and a shiny new HP Duo Core computer with 2G RAM and twin > 250G> ATA drives, loaded with Windows XP of course. The 1st thing I > do is to > > load FC6 on the 2nd of the disks. After 2 days (!) I have everything > > loaded and updated but the system is running really, and I mean > REALLY> slow. It takes about 15 mins to boot up and 5 to log in. > Both processors > > are heavily loaded but yet top shows nothing out of the ordinary, > memory> usage is abot 15%. > > Bad news: I have a HP DC7700. It is unusable with FC6. Don't even > bother. Is this news anecdotal or do you have a link or e-mail you can point me to? > Good news: It is OK with FC7T3 (certain kernel arguments are > required in > grub.conf, something about "noapci", I forget the exact details > right now). > > The newer kernel on FC7T3 has much better support for the onboard > devices. OK, I've kicked off a bittorrent for FC7T3. I'll see how that goes. > My only problem at the moment is that the system clock loses time > even > though the nptd server is running. > > - Mike The ntpd server might be running but is it connecting to its peer servers? Steve.
