From:	ipasm AT redline DOT ru (Sergey Aranovsky)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Need help - Slow I/O in Linux dosemu
Date:	21 May 98 12:32:56 GMT
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On Wed, 20 May 1998 12:26:22 +0300 (IDT), Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
wrote:
>
>On 19 May 1998, Sergey Aranovsky wrote:
>
>> I run Linux 2.0.33 and recently tried to run DJGPP in
>> dosemu. All I/O is VERY SLOW. It includes compilation, compiled
>> programs etc. For example, when typing commands in bash, timeout
>> between pressing a key and appearing of the character on console
>> in near 1/3-1/2 sec. Vim startup (parsing startup files) takes
>>  ~1 min. 
>
>Did you try the advice in section 3.4 of the DJGPP FAQ list?

I run dosemu 0.66.7, which have save_rm_context patch applied
in its code. 

I don't have problems with, say, Borland tools. Slow I/O seems
to be specific to dosemu+DJGPP or (my dosemu configuration)+DJGPP
combination and programs compiled with it.

Thanks

S.A.

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