him1: Complete Linux kernel compile times:
him1: Dual P2-300, 64mb SDRAM, 75 seconds
him1: Dual PPro166/512, 64mb EDO, 45 seconds
me2- Eh, I am shocked. *45* seconds!! What kind of setup are you using,
me2- Rick? I ran a compile of the Linux 2.1.98 kernel on a machine withg
me2- PPro 166/512s in a SuperMicro P6DNE, a SCSI-II 7200rpm disk, and 192MB
me2- in EDO SIMMs [using BIOS memory settings of 60ns, speculative reads on
me2- and PCI posting on]. I used make -j bzlilo which took a total of six
me2- minutes to finish. What version of kernel and which compiler are you
me2- fielding over there?! And more importantly, are you fielding Cheetah
me2- RAID-5's on a AHA2940U2W?
him2: Just an IDE drive, but with multithreading enabled...
me1- [I am about to put together a dual PPro166/512 box with the 256MB
me1- of main memory in a SuperMicro P6DOF board [Orion chipset, the
me1- 4-way interleaved memory.]
him1: The P2 is designed to run Windows 95, not a full 32 bit OS like Unix
him1: or NT, conversely a PPro runs '95 rather poorly.
me2- ... you think that Dual PPro166's are a good investment if they can
me2- be had? I still see plenty of Tyan Titan Pro's [the baby-AT S1662 or
me2- the ATX S1668] and PPro166's for sale at $170 per. PPro180s [retail]
me2- can even be had at $170 [I assume you don't think much of them].
him2: The only PPro to get is with 512k cache, 166/512's are hard to find,
him2: but inexpensive when you do ... some we got had been remarked to
him2: 200/512, but were really 166/512s..
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