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From: dillon@flea.best.net (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Pentium Pro and FreeBSD
Date: 31 Dec 1996 00:47:30 -0800
Organization: BEST Internet Communications, Inc.
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References: <32C063E4.69BE@ibm.net> <5a99cg$4vd@cantina.clinet.fi>
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:In article <5a99cg$4vd@cantina.clinet.fi>,
:Mika Ruohotie <mickey@cantina.clinet.fi> wrote:
:>In article <32C063E4.69BE@ibm.net>, <tgibson@ibm.net> wrote:
:>>I am considering buying a Dell Dimension Pentium Pro and need to
:>>run FreeBSD on it.
:>>
:>>Does anyone have any experience or comments about running FreeBSD on
:>>Pentium Pros? I'd be particularly interested if anyone has seen an
:>>improvement with a 200MHz Pentium Pro when compared with a 200 MHZ
:>>vanilla Pentium.
:>
:>make world, exact same setup except the cpu
:>
:>p133 3:06:00
:>p166 2:40:00
:>p200 2:20:00
:>pro200 1:25:00
:>
:>the message is clear.
:>
:>
:>mickey
Hey! It took 1:30:00 on mine! How did you shave off 5 minutes?
<GRIN>
Man these are fast machines.
-Matt