Nope. I'm with Reboot an Ibennetch.
Linux, Or... Dos & win3.1 runs like sh1t off the proverbial. Seriously. No Really! https://forums.windrivers.com/
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Nope. I'm with Reboot an Ibennetch.
Linux, Or... Dos & win3.1 runs like sh1t off the proverbial. Seriously. No Really! https://forums.windrivers.com/
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how do you make the swap file permanent?
https://forums.windrivers.com/
Without question, the best way to get things running better is to reduce the number of programs loading up when Windows boots (both launched through the registry, and StartUp group.)
When Windows is booting, it's busy enough: then try launching 10 other programs simultaneously while that is going on. I love launching a clean install of Windows and having a quick bootup. I try to keep my home PC away from Startup programs and it boots in under 50 seconds (from power switch to finished loading Win95b)
The other is to use the
system.ini
[vcache]
minfilecache=x
maxfilecache=x
So the disk cache doesn't hoard all your precious (literally!) RAM and force your apps to swap to disk. I've thought this is the most counterproductive OS operation ever devised.
"Yeah! Let's create a disk cache in memory so the hard disk will be accessed less and then use a swap file on the hard disk for more memory!" https://forums.windrivers.com/
This is a good point, especially with the K6-2's. I have a 500Mhz, and it would constantly blue screen in Win98SE. Afterward, the CPU alarm would go off saying that the temp was too high. I put in a bigger power supply, and a case cooling fan and the alarm has not sounded since. Along the same lines, make sure to take a can of compressed air and blow all of the dust out of the case. Dust built up on the board causes a temperature problem. It also could ruin your drive(s) and your power supply.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Medianox:
Make sure the PC is well ventilated. Keep it cool.. I have an AMD K6 II 450 with an ASUS P5AB and my pc kept rebooting when it got hot..Took the case off and it runs awesome..
Using as a server for Urban Ops .. Had 10 people on it without crashing..
Norton and Windows.. bad mix. over 30 hits ..in the MS pouch in problem references
Only run your Anti-virus program when you have to. Linux is very very very nice.. Have a friend using as a server.. He has'nt rebooted in over a year! It's running fine..</font>
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Don't listen to him!
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by GilStuart:
Partition Your Drive!
Defrag often!
A sample setup:
Partition 1 (app 50%) - Drive C: - System & Programs
Partition 2 - Drive D:, E:, e.t.c.
Drive D: - Data (right click on My Documents|Properties and set the path to D:\)
Drive E: - Cache (setup follows)
to assure continued optimal performance - this is usually done at initial system setup (however may be done (with some difficulty)later).
When in FDISK create a partition or virtual disk of slightly less than 1Gb max but not less than 520Mb. After you format this 'drive', reserve it for the swap file.
This can be done by right clicking on My Computer - selecting Properties|Performance|Virtual Memory|Let me Specify my own virtual memory settings. At this point - select the reserved drive letter and set a minimum size of at least 150Mb with NO upper limit.
gil
[This message has been edited by GilStuart (edited October 29, 2000).]</font>
You realize that by spliting all of this information up on the same drive is just going to jack up your hd access time. Even though Windows is going to show 3 drives (c,d, and e) you still have the SAME number of cylinders, sectors, and heads between them. You're just making the heads go farther to find the info they need.
As a side note, GilStuart's suggestion might be valid if it were spread across seperate physical hard drives.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by gotbyk:
One of the first things I do when setting up a machine is make the swap file permanant. You can do this in Win9x buy specifying the same size for the largest and min swap file size. Saves a lot of resources when you don't let windows grow and shrink that file.
Anybody heard different? or know what the ideal size is? I usually just double the ram.</font>
A general rule of thumb is to create a permanant swap file that is 1.5x the amount of RAM the system has.
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Umm...I suggest this might be being a bit hard on GilStuart. For one thing, modern drives have translating architecture and lie like crazy to the outside world about what they actually look like inside. Where the data actually goes on the platter/s is up to the internal circuitry. It would be hard to be sure what effect any particular partitioning may have on the performance.Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Hippie_Techs:
Don't listen to him!
You realize that by spliting all of this information up on the same drive is just going to jack up your hd access time. Even though Windows is going to show 3 drives (c,d, and e) you still have the SAME number of cylinders, sectors, and heads between them. You're just making the heads go farther to find the info they need.
As a side note, GilStuart's suggestion might be valid if it were spread across seperate physical hard drives.</font>
It is reasonable to assume that smaller partitions will reduce access times during critical operations like page swapping, because the FAT for that partition will be close to the data. With one large partition, the heads will have to be swinging from where the swapfile is, back to the FAT at the start of the disk. (The reason to move the swapfile to the start of the disk, but I guess not everyone does that.)
The greatest potential should be for a nice fast drive dedicated to the swapfile, on the secondary IDE channel maybe, but some M/Bs the IDE2 is a little slower.
https://forums.windrivers.com/
If anyone very familiar with the internals of Hard Drives can confirm or deny I'd find it interesting.
Everything I've always heard about swap files says that the best size is 1.5x - 3x the amount of RAM you have. The smaller end is for those of us who are low on HD space, and the upper end is for people with big hungry graphics apps, with the central range of 2x - 2.5x being the general optimum.
My other favorites are to set the role to 'network server' and the same min/maxfilecache stuff as everyone else.
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ok...question...
i see alot you all setting the swap file to 2.5 to 3 X the system ram....
my question is if i have 256 megs of ram do I need a swap file that is 768 megs???? I think not.
I know we've discussed this swap file thing before at some point but i don't remember when.
http://windrivers.com/tech/swap.htm
If you want to boost your system's performance, this one i obligatory:
Cache Booster
http://www.rocketdownload.com/Details/Misc/cbi.htm
Experiment with it.
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