Return to BSD News archive
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!bmesun1.MCG.EDU!news-feed-2.peachnet.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: *BSD on a Pentium? Message-ID: <hastyCJ9yw1.1E7@netcom.com> Keywords: Pentium Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <2gjp4gINNmti@uwm.edu> <mcb.757962678@mach> Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 19:45:36 GMT Lines: 29 In article <mcb.757962678@mach> mcb@mach.eng.hou.compaq.com (Mike Busby) writes: >scottk@point.cs.uwm.edu (Scott Knaffla) writes: > >>Just curious: >>Has anyone every tried to run *BSD on a Pentium machine? > >> Scott Knaffla, Software Engineer Voice: (414) 798-8600 x357 >> McHugh Freeman Fax: (414) 798-8619 >> 20975 West Swenson Drive E-mail: scottk@miller.cs.uwm.edu >> Waukesha, WI 53186-4065 *** Wisconsin BADGERS, 1994 ROSE BOWL CHAMPS *** > >Yes, we have. Care to share with us any performance figures ? I would expect that a Pentium system without a compiler which supports the Pentium to be slightly faster than a 486DX266. How long does it take to compile a kernel in your system? Do you have any xbench figures? iozone results? Thanks, Amancio -- free unix, tcp/ip, X, gcc, sound: freebsd at freebsd.cdrom.com:/pub/FreeBSD Amancio Hasty, Consultant | Home: (415) 495-3046 | e-mail hasty@netcom.com | ftp-site depository of all my work: ahasty@cisco.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/X