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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: VPix & Dos partition (Was: Simple database software for sysV?)
Message-ID: <1991Feb07.011850.19550@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 7 Feb 91 01:18:50 GMT
References: <6332@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> <1991Feb03.210343.18244@chinet.chi.il.us> <87004@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
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In article <87004@unix.cis.pitt.edu> erast1@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Evan R Aussenberg) writes:

>I've been using pkunzip alot under ISC/VPix lately.  While the
>program seems to work at the same speed as native DOS, writing
>to our Micropolis 320meg scsi is noticably slower than if I access
>the DOS partition via native DOS.  This was true even if I was
>the only login.  In fact, I installed some commercial software
>(about 10megs worth) on the dos partition by booting DOS from
>floppy because disk writing seemed faster to me than doing the
>same from VPix.

>Any comments?  For your reference, the computer is an Intel 
>model 302, 25mhz, 8meg.

On mine, there is only a slight difference, but I'm running a Conner
IDE drive which has on-board buffering.  Perhaps you are close to
missing the interleave on the disk and the overhead of VP/ix is
enough to miss and require another disk revolution.

Les Mikesell
 les@chinet.chi.il.us