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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.