Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 22:24:53 -0500 From: scott <scott@bsdprophet.org> To: Karol Krizka <kkrizka@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Slow Install CD Message-ID: <430A9705.10607@bsdprophet.org> In-Reply-To: <ac342b0a050822200965c38177@mail.gmail.com> References: <ac342b0a050822200965c38177@mail.gmail.com>
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You are reading from your cd drive on the bootonly disc, whereas xp is installed on your HD. Karol Krizka wrote: >Hi, >I managed to come accross this old Compaq Proliant server and wanted >to try it out for a personal webserver. Since I wanted to try out BSD, >I decided to go with it as the operating system. My choice distro (or >what do you call it?) was FreeBSD because I use Gentoo Linux and it's >package system is a rip-off of FreeBSD's ports. I figured that would >be the easiest transition. > >Now, I am not totally sure which model the server is, but I know that >it has a 200Mhz cpu and 128 MB of RAM. Suprisingly after I booted it >up (after several tries) I saw the WinXP bootlogo and soon was at the >login screen. If it can run that, it can run almost anything! So I put >the bootonly bsd cd that I downloaded a couple of days ago and got it >to boot. That went well, exept there is a bit of a problem. The input >is veeery slow. I press a down arrow and have to wait a minute for it >to happen. There was no lag in the installed XP, so what might have >brough about it in BSD? > > > -- Those who admire the massive, rigid bone structures of dinosaurs should remember that jellyfish still enjoy their very secure ecological niche.
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