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Subject: RE: I have installed cygwin under GNU/Linux + Wine, but the file i/o is so slow.
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:08:48 +0100
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eric zhao wrote on 11 August 2008 10:08:

> On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 7:16 PM, Samuel Thibault
> <samuel DOT thibault AT ens-lyon DOT org> wrote:
>> eric zhao, le Sun 10 Aug 2008 09:14:10 +0800, a écrit :
>>> After install cygwin under wine,
>>> I try to run "tar -xvf linux-2.6.25.7.tar.bz2".
>>> It spent about 20 minutes.
>>> 
>>> How to improve the file i/o performance?
>> 
>> Errr, by not piling software emulation layers? :)
>> Seriously, why do you need to do that?
> 
> I want to compile some win32 OSS in my linux box just for fun.

  Use a linux-hosted cross-compiler instead?


    cheers,
      DaveK
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