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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!imci3!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.voicenet.com!news2.noc.netcom.net!noc.netcom.net!ixnews1.ix.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!news From: takakami@ix.netcom.com (Takafumi Kamiya) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD 2.1.0 on 386DX20 w/12MB Slow... Normal? Date: 30 May 1996 00:01:08 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4oiog4$9od@sjx-ixn3.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: orl-fl1-20.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-NETCOM-Date: Wed May 29 5:01:08 PM PDT 1996 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 I just installed FreeBSD 2.1.0 on 386DX20 machine with 8MB on motherboard and 4MB on 16bit bus. Disk is 120MB IDE (access speed should be around 15ms) To start with, it took me over 4 hours to install, and after install everything seems awfully slow. Is my machine too slow for this OS? (I have seen sco running on similar machine much faster....) I just wanted to play with FreeBSD. I don't intend to use X or any other power hungry apps, but if my machine is struggling with just running OS, I must think of upgrading the motherboard before doing anything. Thanks