Re: Going from 32M to 48M, Linux crawls!

Graham Mitchell (gmitch@woodlea.wintermute.co.uk)
Mon, 3 Jun 1996 02:53:18 +0000


On 2 Jun 96 at 18:18, Kayvan Sylvan wrote:

> I then booted linux with mem=16M and it was fast, and with mem=32M
> (the amount I used to have) and it was also fast. Since I haven't
> uninstalled the hardware, I'm assuming this is a software problem. I'm
> running with 32M (even though I have 48M installed).

sounds like you need to go into the BIOS, and make sure that you are
caching the full 48Mb.... and if you are, checking your manual to see
if the machine WILL cache more than 32Mb.

Graham
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