strange DOS client behaviour

[Charlie Brady]

On Tue, 5 May 1998, Mick Haigh wrote:

> When running any kernel up to 2.1.85, the DOS client runs at a sensible
> speed reading off a Samba shared drive, however from 2.1.97 onwards (I
> didn't run anything in between) everything runs REALLY slowly.  I have
> no real idea why and would appreciate any comments.

Either do not use a 2.1.97 linux kernel, or ask your question on the Linux
kernel mailing list. If you wait for Linux 2.2.0, this problem probably
will not show up, and it is less likely to if you report your problem to
the Linux kernel guys.

Cheers

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