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Re: Debian on Slow laptops. What setup is best?



On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:47:26 +0200
Jochen Schulz <jrschulz@well-adjusted.de> wrote:

> Benedek Frank:
> > would be great.
> > 
> > K02mountvirtfs  S05bootlogd           S30checkfs.sh   S48console-screen.sh
> > K36discover     S05initrd-tools.sh    S30procps.sh    S50hwclock.sh
> > K36mountvirtfs  S05keymap.sh          S35mountall.sh  S55bootmisc.sh
> > K38pppd-dns     S07hdparm             S36udev-mtab    S55urandom
>      ^^^^^^^^
> Do you use ppp on this machine?
> 

Why did you say PPP? The ifupdown? No I dont use PPP. WHat should I kill from here?

> > K39dns-clean    S10checkroot.sh       S39ifupdown     S70nviboot
>                                                            ^^^^^^^
> Do you use nvi (an editor)?
WHat is nvi exactly? I dont think I use it though. 
> 
> > K43portmap      S18hwclockfirst.sh    S40hostname.sh  S70xfree86-common
>      ^^^^^^^
> Do you use NFS? Try to get rid of portmap if you can! It is really
> annoying and a security risk when exposed to the internet directly.
> 
No I dont use NFS at the time. But portmap shows up with a K. DOesnt that mean, that it wont start? How can I actually kill something so it wont start?
> > /dev/hda:
> >  Timing cached reads:   364 MB in  2.01 seconds = 181.12 MB/sec
> >  Timing buffered disk reads:   44 MB in  3.07 seconds =  14.31 MB/sec
> 
> I don't think you'll get (much) more out of it.
> 
So I will just try to be fine with how it performs. Thanks.
> J.
> -- 
> I often blame my shortcomings on my upbringing.
> [Agree]   [Disagree]
>                  <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
> 



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