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From: "Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net>
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Subject: RE: Q: minimum hardware for DJGPP?
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 12:16:46 +0100
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> >>On a PII-200 with 32Mb/1Gb it takes ~5 minutes.
> >
> >And on a PII 400 w/ 96 Mb/9Gb it took ~1 min.
>
> How can the HD size affect the compilation speed?

Less fragmentation on a bigger hard disk. A 1GB drive must be pretty cluttered in
this day and age. Also, the 1GB drive is probably not Ultra DMA 33, whereas the 9GB
drive almost certainly is (I think Mode 33 drives are only made in sizes 3GB+ ?). Or
it could be SCSI II.

James Arthur
jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net
ICQ#15054819