[mythtv-users] OT - FC3 problems following Jarod's Guide

Shaun Sandlin sound32 at comcast.net
Tue Mar 22 00:48:18 UTC 2005


I'm a bit of a newb...can you tell how to kill MTD please.

shaun

On Monday, March 21, 2005, at 07:27 PM, Tu Holmes wrote:

>
> --- Shaun Sandlin <sound32 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Although this may be a bit OT....
>>
>> I recently decided to scrap my Slackware Myth
>> attempt in exchange for
>> following Jarod's guide.
>>
>> A major problem I'm having is a basic problem with
>> my FC3 install.  I
>> get an amazingly slow computer by simply doing a
>> fresh install.  I'm
>> not really looking for a solution as much as I'm
>> looking for anyone
>> else who has had this problem when following Jarod's
>> guide.
>>
>> As a disclaimer, I do not in anyway attribute this
>> to following Jarod's
>> guide.  I simply reference the path I chose as my
>> guide to starting a
>> Myth project from scratch using this wonderfully
>> compiled resource.
>>
>> My computer is as follows:
>>
>> P3 1.2 ghz intel processor
>> Aopen AX3S Pro-U motherboard
>> 512 Ram
>> 2 x 20gig WD 7200Rpm harddrives
>>
>> hdparm results:
>>
>> cached 28.52 MB/sec
>> buffered 10.81 mb/sec
>>
>> should I have to compile my own kernel to
>> specifically work for this
>> hardware, or should updating the kernel via Jarod's
>> guide do me just
>> fine?  Anyone else have this problem when freshly
>> installing?
>>
>> Thanks all!
>> Shaun
>
> Kill the mtd process... and rerun... post results. On
> my FC3 install, when the mtd is running, disk
> performance is excrutiating.
>
> -Tu
>
>
>
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