This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C26D50.294CB760 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have a dual boot system, WindowsXP and RH7.3. Response time for XP is = dramatically faster than for Linux, which is the opposite of what I = would have expected. Has anyone else run into this? Each OS has it's own disk, and both disks are the same model (Western = Digital, 80GB, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache): XP is on hda (primary master) Linux is on hdb (primary slave) I installed XP first, later I added the 2nd drive and Linux. Any ideas? Or does XP usually respond faster than Linux? Mike ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C26D50.294CB760 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I have a dual boot system, WindowsXP = and=20 RH7.3.  Response time for XP is dramatically faster than for Linux, = which=20 is the opposite of what I would have expected.  Has anyone else run = into=20 this?
 
Each OS has it's own disk, and both = disks are the=20 same model (Western Digital, 80GB, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache):
 
XP is on hda (primary = master)
Linux is on hdb (primary = slave)
 
I installed XP first, later I added the = 2nd drive=20 and Linux.
 
Any ideas?  Or does XP usually = respond faster=20 than Linux?
 
Mike
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