Quote Originally Posted by jbrush

I know about hdparm utility, but I am not inclined to mess with something that potentially destructive.
Look to see if you have DMA enabled like so:

sudo hdparm /dev/hda

Test your drives read times like so:

hdparm -tT /dev/hda

You can turn on DMA fairly easily like so:

sudo hdparm -d1 /dev/hda

Can I hear from others who have installed the Debian system from the CD onto the same computer they run windows or OS/2 on, with regards to performance? I always thought Linux, in general, was a quick, snappy system, but I am not seeing that. Instead, I am back to using a 486-33 CPU.
Windows was left in the dust on every system I've installed Linux to. Including the Knoppix cd install.

I tried other desktops that come in the package, but its about the same kind of problem.

Any words of wisdom? Suggestions. Disagreement?
Something is wrong although I'm not sure what. What was it like running from cd? Which Xserver are you using?

If you read this far, I would also like to know how to get my CDs out of the drive when in Linux. They will not open via the button on the drive, Where is the eject command?
You can't eject a cd that's mounted. The command isn't UNmount but rather umount. (no 'n'). Bear in mind that if you're booted to Knooppix cd you can't eject it unless you use the toram cheat code. You can simply use eject too like so:

eject /dev/scd0