From owner-freebsd-current Fri Mar 31 04:02:13 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id EAA16813 for current-outgoing; Fri, 31 Mar 1995 04:02:13 -0800 Received: from estienne.cs.berkeley.edu (estienne.CS.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.42.147]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id EAA16800 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 1995 04:02:10 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by estienne.cs.berkeley.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id EAA02623 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 1995 04:02:07 -0800 Message-Id: <199503311202.EAA02623@estienne.cs.berkeley.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: estienne.cs.berkeley.edu: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Floppy drive access overhead? Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 04:02:07 -0800 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk One of the best demos I've ever done with OS/2 is to format a floppy in the background and then run an avi or other "real time" task in the forground. OS/2 doesn't skip a beat, formats the floppy just as fast as under DOS, and your mouse pointer never freezes. Under FreeBSD, I get "jerky" system behavior at best. Does anyone know why we have this problem and how it can be fixed? __ Justin T. Gibbs ============================================== TCS Instructional Group - Programmer/Analyst 1 Cory | Po | Danube | Volga | Parker | Torus ==============================================