2.2 kernels and IDE disk access

[Charles C. Bennett, Jr.]

> Thanks Charles. Do other Intel vendors provide optimized kernels or generic
> kernels on their boxes. Also, when you mention Mandrake, are you referring
> to the CD or the actual preinstalled system.


Hi Jerry -

   I don't know what other hardware vendors do.  I suspect that the
hardware vendors that have been evolving with Linux for more than a
couple of years are doing some performance tuning.  I suspect that Dell
is giving you straight Red Hat on a configuration originally designed
for NT ( ;-) ).  The Mandrake Linux I was talking about is the boxed
CDROM version.  I gleaned this nugget from the back of the box.

ccb

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