Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 10:11:40 -0500 (EST) From: Frank Seltzer <frankd@yoda.fdt.net> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: bkogawa@primenet.com, dkelly@hiwaay.net, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: _big_ IDE disks? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970223095547.9399D-100000@Kryten.nina.org> In-Reply-To: <199702231441.BAA01194@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, Bruce Evans wrote: > >> The fast-i586-copyout option is not enabled in 2.2-GAMMA. I forget what > >> it was in ALPHA. It was either not enabled or buggy (it caused panics). > > > >Is there a way to enable this in 2.2-GAMMA? This is what I am seeing here: > > Update to the 2.2 npx.c. I am running 2.2-GAMMA from Feb 21. Does this version have this npx.c? If not, where can I get it? > >Kryten /usr/ports/distfiles % dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=1m > >count=1000 > >1000+0 records in > >1000+0 records out > >1048576000 bytes transferred in 16.608622 secs (63134437 bytes/sec) > > > >Do these numbers seem reasonable for a P6 200 w/64 megs EDO RAM? > > They seem a bit low. I would hope for 80-90MB/sec. The fast-i586-copyout > wouldn't affect this because it is an option for i586's. Would any BIOS settings have an effect on this? For example, I have video BIOS shadow enabled but not the individual memory address settings. This is on an Asus P6NP5 motherboard. > Bruce > Frank -- Only in America can a homeless veteran sleep in a cardboard box while a draft dodger sleeps in the White House - anonymous
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