From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 27 22:23:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.rdc2.pa.home.com (ha1.rdc2.pa.home.com [24.12.106.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5217837B8EE for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2000 22:23:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jgowdy@home.com) Received: from cx443070a ([24.4.93.90]) by mail.rdc2.pa.home.com (InterMail v4.01.01.00 201-229-111) with SMTP id <20000328062342.VCNY28012.mail.rdc2.pa.home.com@cx443070a>; Mon, 27 Mar 2000 22:23:42 -0800 Message-ID: <001101bf987f$7725d5a0$0100000a@vista1.sdca.home.com> From: "Jeremiah Gowdy" To: "Doug Barton" Cc: References: <001301bf9876$af471f60$0100000a@vista1.sdca.home.com> <38E04A2E.A47E0E59@gorean.org> Subject: Re: Transmit Buffer Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 22:33:00 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > What I compare that > > to is this, both in windows, using the Find File dialog, and in DOS, with > > SmartDrv loaded, using dir /s /b, the entire directory structure would have > > been long since loaded into cache, > > Ok, now it's time to learn a little about windows. :) The first time > you run find file it actually creates the same type of directory > structure database that the locate.updatedb command does. That's why > subsequent searches are so fast. It has the information in the db, not > cached in memory. I know FastFind does this, but I don't think the stock Find within Win9x does so. :/ > None of the things you describe in this section are the way things > actually work, which is why I said you really need to dig into the > details a little more, using tools more sophisticated than top. Start > with the *stat's, like vmstat and iostat, and start patrolling around > the associated man pages. > > I would suggest that you do some reading on what unix is and how it > works. Start with "Essential System Administration" from O'Reilly, and > then head in the direction that interests you. Before during and after > that I'd highly recommend reading the entire FreeBSD Handbook and FAQ. > They will go a long way towards redirecting your energy in healthier > directions. Thanks for the information. I have a copy of the FreeBSD handbook and I have The Complete Unix Reference by Osborne, but I've yet to locate a unix book that goes more into the details of the OS itself, rather than simply explaining the basics of setup and administration. I'll get that O'Reilly and see if I can't put a little more knowlege behind my constructive comments :) Thanks for going easy on the dressing down, I know how it is trying to enlighten those who have just enough knowlege to know how to talk about something, but not enough to understand it :) After being so knowlegable about Win32 API/Networking/NT/etc it's hard taking a step down and being new at something. I'm learning new things about FreeBSD on a daily, if not hourly, basis, partly because I'm subscribed to nearly all of the major BSD lists. Hopefully, in time I'll be able to contribute. Thanks again. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message