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

Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Mon, 3 Jun 1996 09:22:10 +0100 (BST)

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> 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).
>
> Has anyone seen this before? Please, please, please, someone tell me
> there's a patch! ;-)

Only if you have a soldering iron and a lot of skill. Check the main board
manual you probably need more cache.

Alan

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