Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!rlgvax!monroe
From: monroe@rlgvax.UUCP (Steve Monroe)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Take out memory to speed up kernel build!?
Message-ID: <1345@rlgvax.UUCP>
Date: 3 Oct 90 14:46:17 GMT
References: <34417@cup.portal.com> <4133@altos86.Altos.COM>
Reply-To: monroe@rlgvax.OPCR.ICL.COM (Steve Monroe)
Organization: ICL North America, OFFICEPOWER Products Center, Reston, VA
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In article <4133@altos86.Altos.COM> steve@Altos.COM (Steve Scherf) writes:
>In article <34417@cup.portal.com> ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) writes:
2>I've got 4 megs of RAM, and the command /etc/conf/cf.d/link_unix
2>takes about 7.5 minutes.
2>When my back was turned the other day, one of our QC people
2>stole my memory card, leaving me with only 2 meg.
2>Guess what?  My kernel build now takes only 5 minutes!
>Can you be more specific about the environment under which you tried this?

What kind of memory card?  I know on my system (a 4MB MAXAR) that if I add
add a 2MB Intel Aboveboard (16-bit card) my system runs much much slower.
It's really noticable if I then start X..


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