On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Jean-Louis Debert wrote:
> Singer XJ Wang wrote:
> > 5.2]. As a general Rule, if it runs on RH 5.2 it should have no problems
> > on Mandrake 6.1? right? and also, would it running on a Mandrake 6.1 Box
> > help its speed compare to running it on RH 5.2?
>
> Basically yes, it should run the same (perhaps would need a new compile
> and link since the libc has changed in between...)
> Also, kernel 2.2 (basis for Mandrake 6.1) is supposed to be better at
> SMP
> than kernel 2.0 (basis for RH 5.2). So you could expect better perf as
> well.
>
>
> > 2x18.0Gig 10,000 RPM SCSI HD [The Files we work with are contently in the
> > 2-3 Gigs Range]
>
> OOOOPPPSSS !!!! -----------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Warning! There is currently a 2G limit on file size in linux (although
> I think it can be relieved somewhat with a patch ...). Anyway, this
> limit *did* already exist with previous linux versions (and RH 5.2).
>
Okay. I made a typo there hhehe :). I ment to say that the programs makes
sratch files for each of hte jobs and they'll total 2-3 gigs, the program
themselves takes input of datafiles at about 1-2 gig size.
>
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> Jean-Louis Debert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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