Subject: Re: CPU for NetBSD
To: Steve Paul <stevep@mccue.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/27/1998 09:01:12
Steve Paul writes:
> I am currently running NetBSD "current" on a P233 system.
>
> In an attempt to increase performance, I'm planning on
> upgrading this machine to a PII-266.
>
> A particular 'guru' at my place of work has stated that
> a PII system running NetBSD will run *slower* (if it
> runs at all) than the existing P233. Is there any
> truth to this?
If there is, I haven't heard of it.
Did he state a reason for this remarkable conclusion?
Perry