Paul Hartman schrieb:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
>>>
>>> 1. run xfce4 (already do)
>>> 2. compile with -Os (I was using -O2)
>>> 3. use ext2 (I was using ext3)
>>> 4. don't use laptop-mode (I didn't know it existed)
>>> 5. no syslog (does this mean don't even emerge a system logger like metalog?)
>>> 6. use elevator=noop at boot
>>> 7. deactivate DRI
>>> 8. upgrade RAM to the max
>> Which of these still apply when using a conventional HD instead of a
>> SSD in the netbook?
> 
[...]
> Otherwise, I think normal laptop performance tuning guidelines would
> apply... Do whatever you can to reduce disk access. On my laptop I
> disabled swap, set the hdd to power off after X minutes of idle,
> disable disk cache in web browsers, use /dev/shm for portate tmpdir,
> disable cron and hald disk polling and slocate and all the other
> things that run in the background on their own and cause the disks to
> wake up. And cpu frequency scaling of course.
> 

What do you mean with "disable [...] hald disk polling"? Deactivate hald
completely or is there a hidden switch I haven't yet discovered?