On May 01 2005, s. keeling wrote: > You must have the slowest hard drive in existence. My 700 Mhz PIII does > a kernel compile in 18 min.
What about this one: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - scsi0 : MESH Vendor: QUANTUM Model: FIREBALL_TM3200S Rev: 300N Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Vendor: MATSHITA Model: CD-ROM CR-8008 Rev: 8.0h Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 SCSI device sda: 6281856 512-byte hdwr sectors (3216 MB) SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back SCSI device sda: 6281856 512-byte hdwr sectors (3216 MB) SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back sda: [mac] sda1 sda2 sda3 Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - And I get: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - chagas:~# hdparm -tT /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 168 MB in 2.01 seconds = 83.64 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 10 MB in 3.03 seconds = 3.30 MB/sec chagas:~# hdparm -tT /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 168 MB in 2.01 seconds = 83.72 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 10 MB in 3.01 seconds = 3.33 MB/sec chagas:~# hdparm -tT /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 168 MB in 2.01 seconds = 83.72 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 10 MB in 3.07 seconds = 3.25 MB/sec chagas:~# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Donations of unused 168-pin 5V EDO DIMM cards are more than welcome, as I can't get anything like this where I live. :-( The memory could, at least, act like a cache. :-/ Thanks, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito Homepage of the algorithms package : http://algorithms.berlios.de Homepage on freshmeat: http://freshmeat.net/projects/algorithms/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
