Compaq Presario (V2305CA) laptop and Ubuntu

tmilam ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Tue Aug 16 02:45:51 UTC 2005


I have just installed a newer kernel available in hoary:




Code:
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    tmilam at solstice:~$ uname -a

  Linux solstice 2.6.11-1-amd64-k8 #1 Fri Feb 11 14:45:56 UTC 2005 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  
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Now I'm seeing an approximately 33x improvement in disk write speeds.
(I have the 5400 rpm drive).


Code:
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  /dev/hda:/dev/hda:

  Timing buffered disk reads:   52 MB in  3.09 seconds =  16.82 MB/sec
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tmilam




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