Mail Archives: djgpp/1994/02/21/18:39:43
> The
> only way a RAM disk can speed things up is if you load programs and include
I use the RAMdisk *only* for gcc's temporary files and go32.exe, and
let the cache worry about commonly-hit files. I upgraded from a
386/20 to a 486/66 because it was taking three *hours* to build gcc
with itself. I got it down to a half hour by doing this:
386DX/20 -> 486DX2/66
8Mb -> 16Mb (extra cache & go32 space)
IDE -> SCSI-II/EISA
Each in itself dramatically improves that subsystem's performance,
yielding a solid 6X overall performance gain.
DJ
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