Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/06/29/11:17:19
On 29 Jun 1996 01:51:09 GMT, muel0115 AT gold DOT tc DOT umn DOT edu (John Muellerleile) wrote:
>In article <4r10io$rca AT panix2 DOT panix DOT com>, norbertj AT panix DOT com says...
>>
>>When compiling the hello world program, disk seems to be very busy.
>>Takes about 6 seconds. Is this about par for course. FAQ 7. suggests
>>that there is a minimum time, but it does not say what it is.
>>
>>Using 486dx50 with 5m in extended and plenty of swap space.
>>
>
>I am running a pentium pro (p6) 200 mhz with 32 megs of memory, and 48 megs
>in swap. djgpp compiles the hello world program basically instantaneously,
>so I am guessing minimal time is based on disk-access times. The hardward is
>slowing it all down again .. ugh. Damned hardware =)
>
Are you running Windows-NT then (because of the P6)? I have seen some really
efficient caching with NT, so maybe all DJGPP files are held in memory...
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