From owner-freebsd-install Sun Feb 22 07:08:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA04537 for freebsd-install-outgoing; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 07:08:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-install@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de [137.226.30.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA04532 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 07:08:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE) Received: (from kuku@localhost) by gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA10733; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 15:12:11 GMT (envelope-from kuku) Message-ID: <19980222151210.01572@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 15:12:10 +0000 From: Christoph Kukulies To: freebsd-install@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ports install speed Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e Sender: owner-freebsd-install@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org While the minimum binary installation installs at about 450KB/s on a machine here (12 speed FX120 Atapi CDROM) installation of the ports tree goes down two dreadful 9KB/s. Couldn't that be accelerated somehow, by mounting async, probably? -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-install" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-install Sun Feb 22 09:31:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA14082 for freebsd-install-outgoing; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 09:31:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-install@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA14072 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 09:31:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) with ESMTP id JAA27253; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 09:31:14 -0800 (PST) To: Christoph Kukulies cc: freebsd-install@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports install speed In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 22 Feb 1998 15:12:10 GMT." <19980222151210.01572@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 09:31:14 -0800 Message-ID: <27249.888168674@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-install@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Couldn't that be accelerated somehow, by mounting async, probably? It's already mounted async. I'm afraid there's not much to be done about it. Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-install" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-install Sun Feb 22 11:11:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA26144 for freebsd-install-outgoing; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 11:11:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-install@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA26135 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 11:11:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA07884; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 11:10:05 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802221910.LAA07884@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Christoph Kukulies , freebsd-install@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports install speed In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 22 Feb 1998 09:31:14 PST." <27249.888168674@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 11:10:04 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-install@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Couldn't that be accelerated somehow, by mounting async, probably? > > It's already mounted async. I'm afraid there's not much to be > done about it. People should bear in mind that the 9K/sec is an *input* data rate. The ports tree compressess something fearful, and the output data rate is much less shabby than you might think. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-install" in the body of the message