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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!paladin.american.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!jkh From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: disk IO Date: 20 Jul 1995 05:25:12 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3ukpbo$g1j@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <3uj5ej$169@trauma.rn.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu In article <3uj5ej$169@trauma.rn.com>, Larry Snyder <larry@rn.com> wrote: >what is the disk IO on EIDE drives like with FreeBSD as compared >against Linux? I'd say it's pretty good. Linux doesn't write meta-data out syncronously like FreeBSD does so it's a little faster there, albeit a lot less safe, but otherwise they're pretty much on par. >How stable is the PPP (dialout) - Very. I use it all the time. >and who has the lastest release of the CD rom? Walnut Creek CDROM has a 2.0.5 CD out. Send mail to sales@cdrom.com Jordan