[G4] os help

[bill ritchey]

thanks!
--- Harry Freeman <gifutiger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings ( + )!( + )
> 
> If you disk is being accessed when you move you
> mouse it sounds like  
> you are low on memory/swap space.
> Open your "Activity Monitor" (you'll find it in you
> "application/ 
> Utilities folder.
> 
> After you have opened the activity monitor click on
> the Disk Usage tab  
> an see how much disk space is being used.
> Then click on the System Memory tab to see how
> memory is being used.  
> Pay particular attention to the one called VM size.
> The VM memory size should be fairly large, say more
> than 4-5Gb's
> Unix runs real slow when the virtual memory is very
> small.
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 
> On Apr 29, 2008, at 3:55 PM, bill ritchey wrote:
> 
> > so my g4 is running slow and the hard drive is
> making
> > a noise whenever i move the mouse.
> > if it were an os 9 machine, i would clean up the
> desk
> > top files and it would be fine. is there something
> to
> > do to x when it is running slow?  thanks b
> >
> >
> >       
> >
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