On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 15:50:57 -0700 Michael Knee <
mikeknee@cox.net> wrote:
> 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
You'll have to be more specific:
- What is "response time?" Responding to what?
- How many services and extra programs are running in XP as compared to Linux?
- What operations are you specifically trying to compare?
Just saying, "XP is usually faster" is not clear enough.
Alan
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