Hi .. I have had linux for about 6 mnths .. stilll a newbie though . didnt use it at all .. I changed to windows xp so i performed a linux rescue .. with the help of a friend .. now my linux is so excruciatingly slow .. also it hangs up and whatever i click never loads .. finally the only soln is to logout .. and then when i click on logout it completes all the tasks i had clicked on and logs out .

if this is of any help .. I also have another problem .. on my grub screen there are 2 names written for linux

Redhat Linux - 2.4.20 - 8bigmem
Redhat Linux- smp - 2.4.20 - 8smp

why are there 2 options .. I have noticed both lead to the same thing .. the settings i made on one are effective to the other .. how can I remove one of these options so I jus hav two options windows xp and linux on the grub screen

Thanks .. This is a big pain right now . I hope someone can help moi

hi there

these two options are basically two difernmt kernels
smp-symm. multi process
bigmem-kernel with big memory support
u need to use a generic kernel,if u do not have multiprocc,or u do not have memory>4GB


also regarding ur slow system problem
u need to check for bad blocks
checlk for services whcih u do not require

or compile ur own kernel(the best but tough option)

regards

Running it in smp mode on a 'non smp machine' could cause slowdown and crashes also.

I think you can change the bootup options directly from grub's shell 'try typing grub at your sh'.
'info grub' should also have some information on the subject

Since I dont have more than one pro and i have >4GB memory .. I need neither of the modes .. what do I do so tat grub shows me jus one option

Thanks ..

hi there

u can see what kernels u have installed from

rpm -qa|grep kernel


then u can remove that by



rpm -e kernel-smp

do not remove the generic kernel

regards

kernel-bigmem-2.4.20-8
kernel-source-2.4.20-8
kernel-smp-2.4.20-8
kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-13
kernel-BOOT-2.4.20-8
kernel-2.4.20-8

which one shld i remove ..

hi there

u can keep these

kernel-2.4.20-8
kernel-source-2.4.20-8(kernel source code,req. if u want to compile ur kernel)

and remove the others

regards

he said he HAS >4gb memory - won't he need the bigmem support?

hi there

i got it little messy....

both things have been stated above

"i have >4gb memory and i need neither of the modes ."

i think this needs to be confirmed ,does he have more than 4 gb of RAM

regards

hi .. how dumb am i !!!! sorry I dont have 4 GB Memory .. far from it !!! stupid of me to not to check what i typed .. <4GB i meant ..

Type the command "top", it shows you what programs are using the most resources... maybe some of them shouldn't be running.

Then this should suffice quite well

hi that

good that is sorted out now!!!!

regards