Subject: Re: SE/30 speeds
To: Andrew Brennan <brennan@auhs.edu>
From: charlie allom <charlie@pobox.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/08/1999 00:43:29
yeah the standard 8 megs... with about 64 of swap =)

cool little machine (so cute) tho...

>   I can't say I've done any major compiling on my SE/30s, but you should
>   note that you neglected to include the amount of memory you have.  I'd
>   expect that will make all of the difference here ...
>
>   My big builds are Pine, Perl, mSQL ... that's about it, but I haven't
>   ever paid that much attention to the time it took.  I usually just go
>   to another machine and start something else.  :^)  Upgrading from 8Mb
>   to 20Mb made these compiles take less time as I didn't have as much
>   swapping going on in the background.
>
>   andrew.  (brennan@auhs.edu)
>
>   HAL's last concert ('Daisy Daisy') in October!  Buy your tickets now!!
>
>On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, charlie allom wrote:
>
> > hey guys, i've recently picked up an SE/30 with the intention of
> > running it as a router for a small, future network..
> >
> > anyway, i whacked NetBSD 1.4.1 on it last week, and so far have
> > pretty much figured out what i've needed from the usual sources, my
> > linux-hippy friends, how-to's and #netbsd.
> >
> > what im wondering is, is it usual for this SE/30 to compile
> > epic4-ircii in over 1.5 hours?
> >
> > i'm compiling myself a nicer kernel atm, and it's 32 hours and counting =)
> >
> > another BSD+SE30 user has told me he gets much faster compiles, and i
> > wanted to compare notes ;)
> >
> > thanks for any response from other 030 owners =)
> >


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