From owner-freebsd-current Sat May 30 19:50:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA17006 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 30 May 1998 19:50:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gjp.erols.com (alex-va-n008c243.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA16999 for ; Sat, 30 May 1998 19:50:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA25867; Sat, 30 May 1998 22:50:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) To: Richard Cownie cc: Amancio Hasty , current@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: FreeBSD on 8-way SMP PPro In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 29 May 1998 11:59:19 EDT." Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 22:50:42 -0400 Message-ID: <25863.896583042@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Richard Cownie wrote in message ID : > I only have 256K of DRAM so far - I could borrow a board with 4GB, but > it probably wouldn't be interesting until I have a good way of stressing > the > system (maybe "make -j32 world") ? A couple of 512Mb RAM disks, one holding /usr/src and one holding /usr/obj, and cranking make world up to see how fast you can go? :) Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message