[Discussion] [Linux] Ubuntu vs eCS

[Dave Yeo]

On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:00:17 -0700 (PDT), David Azarewicz wrote:

>
>I tried Ubuntu a couple of weeks ago. I tried it out on my test system so I let 
>it wipe the disk and install itself.  It took over 2 hours to install.  Then it took 
>about 20 minutes to boot up.  Once booted, it ran sooo slooow that it was 
>unusable for me.  Everything ran ok, just very slow.  I decided it wasn't 
>useable running that slow, so I repartitioned the disk, and restored eCS back 
>on the system.  It took about 20-30 minutes to reformat and restore my 
>backups, and eCS boots in less than 60 seconds, and everything runs fast 
>and snappy, just like before. 

Sounds like for whatever reason DMA harddrive access was not enabled.
There are work arounds but I don't remember the specifics.
OS/2 using Dani's drivers actually has one of the best HD support.
Dave