amd 64 and linux

[kaushal <kaushal@xxxxxxxxxx>]

hello list,
           I have a 64 bit AMD Athlon xp machine with 64 bit Fedora core
3 installed .The cds have been purchased as a set of 8 cds including the
sources.After installation what I find  is:
                                1.The machine boots up VERY slowly.
				2.Graphics display the previous windows shutdown screen if I reboot
from windows.
				3.The machine runs very slow as if it were to be a 386 machine
although have 256 MB ram (192 for programs and 64 for vga).Can I tune
any proc entries and improve the performance safely?
				4.Whenever I try to copy a cd from linux it fails everytime
reporting some kind of seek errors,but the same cd would get copied in
windows.Is there any default switch to cp which I have to override?

				5.When I shutdown/init 0 the machine  it simply reboots.
                        I suspect the drivers for my graphics is not
present.Is it possible?
Thanks in advance.

-kaushal.

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