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On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Ben Laurie wrote:

> JG wrote:
>>> Now I say, what about
>>> # cpio -i < mysql-m.tgz
>>> (assuming that mysql-m.tgz is in "tar" format)?
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> idea is good, but the result is the same :/
>
> The filesystem is _much_ slower in 5 than it is in 4. You can benchmark 
> it with postmark (in the ports tree) - the difference is huge.

If you haven't tried 6.x yet, please do, and see if that improves the 
situation.  And if you run into problems, please report ASAP so we can try 
to get them fixed before we release.  :-)

Robert N M Watson