Re: redhat running slow.. h/w issue?
From: Sohail (latenightalumnus_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 06/30/04
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Date: 30 Jun 2004 03:20:19 -0700
Thanks for the reply Jeff. I don't know how but it started working
now!
OK so while i'm here I should ask.. do you think companies like redhat
go against the 'ethos' of open-source distr.? i'm thinking.. very
popular today, more tomorrow.. american.. crush smaller vendors?..
rulers of the IT world tomorrow??
or maybe it was the crack i just smoked? - joke.
Jeff Krimmel <madscientist03abc@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<pan.2004.06.26.23.04.41.421212@hotmail.com>...
> On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:49:44 -0700, Sohail wrote:
>
> > I have a problem with my redhat installation i'm sure someone can
> > resolve.
> >
> > I previously had RH9 on my machine (P3,512MB,10GBHDD) which ran ok but
> > I re-installed it with fedora1 instead. The installation ran really
> > (really) slow- took 12hrs!! I can't figure it out. even when I
> > increased the ram, changed the hardware (cdrom, fdd..) it still didn't
> > make a difference. and even when it had finished installing it, it
> > loaded like a dog. i even changed the hdd. someone seriously messed
> > up.
> >
> > then.. i put that hdd in another machine and installed fedora on it
> > and it worked fine! took only 20mins to install. but it still doesn't
> > work when i put that hdd back in the other machine, or try to
> > re-install it.
> >
> > what can i do to make it work properly? my bios isn't very tweakable
> > by the way. hope someone can help- otherwise im on the brink of
> > reverting to windows!
>
> If RedHat 9 worked fine, then I would imagine this has to be a hardware
> issue (especially since you tested the installation CDs on another
> machine). Like the other responsder said, a CPU or motherboard conflict
> make sense at this point because these are things you have not changed
> across your various installation attempts.
>
> I would also try Fedora Core 2 if you can get your hands on it and see if
> that installation goes as slow as Fedora Core 1 did. I did not upgrade to
> Fedora Core 1 because of trouble I was having with it regarding my DSL
> connection that I did not have with RedHat 9, so I went back to RedHat 9.
> I have played around a little bit with Fedora Core 2, and it seems to have
> fixed the particular DSL problem I was having, so maybe it fixed your
> (possible) hardware error as well.
>
> Also, why go back to Windows when you can go back to RedHat 9? Fedora Core
> 1 (or 2) isn't _that_ much different than RedHat 9, and if you
> already think Windows is better than RedHat 9, there's not much chance
> you're going to like Fedora Core 1 (or 2) better than Windows.
>
> Jeff
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