[ltp] Fedora-11 on T23 - very slow

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---- Rob Smith <r.a.smith3530@gmail.com> wrote: 
> Have you tried running the Fedora Live CD on this machine to see how that
> performs? Of course, it will be slower than an installed system, but it
> might give you some indication whether the problem is your hardware or just
> a hoaked up install.
> 
> FedoraLiveCD Wiki <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD>
> 
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 8:09 AM, Chris Schumann <chris@idlelion.net> wrote:
> 
> > Timothy Murphy wrote:
> >
> >> I installed Fedora-11 on my newly acquired Thinkpad T23
> >> by burning the Fedora-netinst ISO to a CD, and running this.
> >>
> >
> > I have it running on my 600X and do not have the problems you listed.
> >
> > The symptoms make me think hardware, except that it appears to be stable...
> > just really slow.
> >
> > I'd suggest you run PC Doctor and do hardware and thorough memory tests.
> >
> >  My first try failed because the formatting on a partition
> >> continued for 2 or more hours before I interrupted it,
> >> with the dreadful Anaconda yo-yo going backwards and forwards.
> >>
> >
> > That sounds really bad. If it were mine, I would remove all partitions and
> > let it try again. If that fails, and you are open to the option, you might
> > try installing from CD. Only CD's 1 and 2 are needed if you don't install
> > any optional software.
> >
> > Chris
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> Rob Smith
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How much memory o you have?
On current Ubuntu and Fedora distros anything less than 512M is
usually painfull due to constant swapping.