CD/DVD Drive Reading Speed vs. CPU Speed

[migasf]

Hi.
I've tried Knoppix on this computer, which is relatively fast (1.7 Ghz) and which also has a DVD Drive (so it reads CD-ROMs faster). With this one, Knoppix works well and fast.

On the other hand, I've tried Knoppix in another computer (mine :D ), which is old and slow :( (133Mhz, 32MB RAM, old CD-ROM Drive etc). When I try Knoppix on that one, it gets so slow that it takes up to 10min to fully load Knoppix. Then again, Windows also takes 10min to load :mrgreen: .

So, my question is: is Knoppix slow on the 2nd PC because of the CPU, the CD Drive or both?

Thanks,
Migasf

[dobell]

Hello:
Knoppix minimum requirements are not very exaggerated, you can see them

http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/FaqGeneral[/url]

But if you want to use kde you nedd a little more. Your system is old so youd cd-rom and hard disk are slow, but memory is so important and running X will be very, very slow with 32M, I suggest you trying other desktop than KDE, for example XFCE, it would work faster.