On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 10:12:30PM +0000, Jules Bean wrote: > > Oh. So *that's* the famous sun4c slowdown. > > I noticed that too, when I installed my machine. I just assumed that my > disks were slow :-) > > I've never really noticed the slowdown when the machine's in use, but I use > it very lightly.
Doing disk intensive things is when i noticed it most (large files, fsck, mke2fs, etc), but I also noticed it slightly after the memory had been filled up with cache like after updatedb runs or compiling large programs. 2.1.x has made my system far more useful :) -- ----- -- - -------- --------- ---- ------- ----- - - --- -------- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ -- ----- - - ------- ------- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation
