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Date:      Tue, 15 Jan 2002 22:27:09 -0500
From:      "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net>
To:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "soralx@cydem.zp.ua" <soralx@cydem.zp.ua>
Subject:   Re: slow console
Message-ID:  <20020116032516.8B63E48425@wastegate.net>
In-Reply-To: <151190568.20020113221904@cydem.zp.ua>

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On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 22:19:04 -0700, soralx@cydem.zp.ua wrote:

> If somebody has something like Pentium-166 or slower, you can see
> that console in FreeBSD works really slowly. For example, launch
> MidnightCommander(mc), press and hold the 'Tab' key. You'll see that
> when it changes between panels, the command line doesn't change
> appropriately (when it is in different directories). Then try the
> same in Linux - it works excellent. Or, try `ls -alF /dev` in the
> both systems - in Linux it works much faster (considering that it
> shows 'em in color!). Why? What can I do to expedite the console?
> P.S.: sorry for my English :)

i dont know- i ran freebsd 4.0 on a 486dx4-133 with 28 megs of ram, and
everything ran perfectly from the console, aside from taking a while
from compiling a kernel

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doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net

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