Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 14:06:52 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Esa A E Peuha <peuha AT cc DOT helsinki DOT fi>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Slow disk (was: Complaints about DJGPP)
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On 28 May 1997, Esa A E Peuha wrote:

> Without write-back cache, first compilation takes 25 seconds and 10
> immediately repeated; with write-back, 17 and 3 seconds.

This indeed indicates that the slow disk is the culprit.  I suggest you 
leave the cache with the write-back setup.  I'd guess that if you need to 
compile several files one after the other (as when building a program 
from several sources), the second and subsequent compilations will take 
less time, since the compiler passes (cpp.exe, cc1.exe, as.exe etc.) are 
already in the cache.