Home server upgrade 4.9 -> 5.2.1, drop in hard disk or network performance?

From: Markie (mark.cullen_at_dsl.pipex.com)
Date: 04/22/04

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 22:53:32 +0100

    Hello everyone!

    I just upgraded my home server frmo 4.9-R-p3 to 5.2.1-R after having a few
    problems with modems and random hard lockups(?).

    Well, first off the upgrade didn't solve this and I can still reliably make
    the box freeze with a new modem I bought which I hoped would cure the
    problem... when infact it's 10x worse with that modem :o) Has anyone got
    any ideas as to what could be causing this? The network card for the
    internal side is an fxp card and the network card the modem is attached to
    is an older 10megabit vx card (3com Etherlink III).

    I can't really think of any other information to provide right now but I
    really would be grateful for some prompting of more info and a bit of help!
    My last few emails to questions about the hard lock ups didn't get any
    replies if I remember rightly :o)

    Aside from that, I just copied a 400 meg file over samba and it really did
    seem incredibly slow compared to when it was running 4.9. It took agessssss
    to untar the backup 1.5gig file too! Is there anything I am supposed to
    tweak here?
    I am thinking about just reinstalling 4.9 again but I would like to avoid
    that if I can, as it would be alot of time wasted :o) I don't have any
    numbers for this unfortuantly either, it just feels and seems a hell of
    alot slower! For instance, when I was copying this file and tried to ssh in
    from my windows machine it just sat there for ages doing (apparently)
    nothing!

    Thanks!

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