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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!xavier.cybersmith.com!imci3!imci2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!spcuna!ritz!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: Curious about the Pentium Pro References: <4a0qnk$7oa@solaris.cc.vt.edu> <4acmc8$g6u@shellx.best.com> Organization: Mordor International Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 02:51:41 GMT X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Message-ID: <DJCny5.FMw@ritz.mordor.com> Lines: 32 Ed Hudson (elh@shellx.best.com) wrote: : Mark Musgrove (musgrov@birch.ee.vt.edu) wrote: : : Has anyone tried to install FreeBSD on the new : : P6 systems? How long did it take to compile the : : kernel? : : Mark : p5/90mhz, ad2940 (~3.3mby/s iozone), kernel compile: 11.5min : p6/150mhz, ad2940 (~5mby/s iozone), kernel compile: 3.5min : slowest benchmark i've run is a little less than : 2x the p90, fastest is 4x, typical is 3x. : now, if only it was a 64bit architecture machine, with : a vm subsystem with pid's... Aye caramba! Where did you get the machine? Are there any companies selling REASONABLY priced motherboards yet? Gosh, I remember spending $1200 for a P90 mboard only about 2 years ago...now they're only about $400. :-) Regards, Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451