Slack 12 installation unbearably slow
Hi all!
My box is an old K6-2 450MHz with 64MB RAM and 6.4GB storage. I'm having a very strange problem running Slackware 12 installation. First of, I'm unable to boot using the hugesmp.s kernel. Right after the 'ready' message, the computer reboots. Then I try the huge.s kernel and after getting some weird messages the boot process just freezes and take like a couple minutes to resume and get to the 'select a keyboard map' part. From that point, everything becomes way too slow. After I login as root and type setup, it takes 8 minutes(!) for the screen to show up. And it's like that with every step. :( Some of the boot messages: handlers [<c046e2a0>] (ide_intr+0x0/0x0+0) Disabling IRQ #14 ide 0 at 0x1f0_0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14 hda: cache flushes not supported hda: <4> hda: lost interrupt hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x24 hda: DMA interrupt recovery Anyone got a clue? |
Hi,
You should look at the Slackware 12.0 README.TXT. The 'generic.s' as stated; Code:
generic.s The generic version of huge.s. This should work |
While I must say that 450 MHz and 64 MB Ram are pretty humble specs, it shouldn't be that way. I recommend you use the test26.s kernel. The hugesmp.s kernel has support for everything built right into the kernel, making it very widely applicable, but far too heavyweight. The test26.s should have the same range of hardware support, but most things are compiled as modules, so the kernel is rather lightweight. See how that works for you.
Another general tip if you want to install Slackware on a PC with more storage: If you want to speed up your installation dramatically, create a directory somewhere and throw everything from the DVD onto it, or even better: Rsync to a slackware-current server every now and then to keep the whole bunch up-to-date. During installation you can then choose your hard drive as an installation source. So for example, say /dev/hda3 is your /home, and you have your whole thing on /home/cdzin/slackware-current, specify "/dev/sda3" as your source partition, and "/cdzin/slackware-current/slackware" as your package directory. Then sit back and watch the installation fly :) -A |
Hi onebuck and Ahmed!
Thanks for the tips. I guess I'll probably have to build my own kernel. After I do it, should I burn the install disc image with it or use a USB stick or something? I tried booting with test26.s and generic.s but I guess they aren't in the CD, right? And as Ahmed said, although my hardware is humble I knew it shouldn't be like that, cause previous versions' installation ran fine. If you guys thinks the boot log could help, please tell me and I'll post it here. Again, I appreciate your help very much. |
Hi,
Quote:
If you read the Slackware 12 README.TXT; Code:
excerpt An the Slackware 12 RELEASE NOTES; Code:
excerpt; Code:
Install a 2.6.18 or later kernel (if you are using the default 2.4 kernel Quote:
The OP should look at more memory if possible. I'm still using AMD K6-2-550 for small servers. Meet the needs. Most are still 10.1 or 11. If it ain't broke don't fix it! |
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