Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 11:36:39 -0700 From: "Derrick Ryalls" <freebsd@fbsdsolutions.com> To: "'Kent Stewart'" <kstewart@owt.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: 'Kris Kennaway' <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: RE: which kinds of AMD work withh FBSD? Message-ID: <20040525183734.E6CCC43D31@mx1.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200405250041.47675.kstewart@owt.com>
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<snip> > > FWIW, none of my new systems have floppies and the smallest > has 3 x 40GB HDs. The new HDs all run ATA-133 and have 8MB of > cache. I have about 40GB of mp3 and wma that I have created > from CDs that I own and backup on one of the 2400's. It isn't > the one with the 3-40's :). None of the on-board audio > connect to the CD-Rom with a digital connection. Digital > extraction turns out to be very important when converting audio cds. > > An ATA-133 controller is also important because you will find > it difficult to buy HDs under 120GB and the older mobo may > not recognize the newer, large ones. A 2400+ with ATA-133 HDs > will do a buildworld in > 18 minutes. That makes me wonder what I am doing wrong. I have an 2500XP, gig of ram, and a SATA drive, and buildworld take about 45min, buildkernel about 5-10min. Yes, timing measured from pure console, not X.
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