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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.new-york.net!ritz.mordor.com!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: BSDI V2.1 and Pentium Pros X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Lines: 22 Organization: Mordor International Message-ID: <DsIFxF.Cun@ritz.mordor.com> References: <4p29p7$hru@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 04:46:27 GMT Mark Hayes (mah1002@cam.ac.uk) wrote: : : Does anybody have any experience, good or bad, of V2.1 on a Pentium Pro : 200MHz machine? A salesman tried to sell me one today but I cautiously : went for a P166 instead. Feel free to relate any success/horror stories, : preferably by email, and I'll summarize anything of substance in a post. From what I've been able to gather, initial versions of Intel's orion chipset were broken to the point that a P166 on a Triton or Triton II motherboard was faster than a PP200 + orion. Apparently, Intel has fixed some of the more glaring problems and may or may not be shipping fixed product. Until Intel comes clean on the problems and the fixes, it's all more or less hearsay at this point. I've been very happy with the performance of BSD/OS 2.1 on Tyan Triton II motherboards using P166s. A full install from a quad speed cd-rom only took about 10-15 minutes. I'm going to install a few systems tomorrow with 6-speed drives onto fast/wide cudas so I suspect the full install will get down into the sub-10 minute range. :-) Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451