It looks like this is a problem unique to 5.3: See http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-October/041009.html
May I ask how your partitions are laid out? Are you running with softupdates enabled on your filesystems? On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:03:48 -0500, Rae Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've recently changed to FreeBSD 5.3 from Gentoo linux. > > It looks like FreeBSD outperforms gentoo. > > I feel 'some' KDE applications runs at least 3 times faster on > FreeBSD. ( gentoo was even prelinked) > > However, Disk IO seems too slow compare to linux. > > What makes FreeBSD so fast? Why is disk io slower? How can I make it faster? > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- Best wishes, Alexander G. Chamandy Webmaster www.bsdfreak.org Your Source For BSD News! _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
