Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 23:54:40 +0000 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: PARADOX@DEPAUW.EDU Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cpu upgrade, 486SX25 -> ?, feasible? Message-ID: <365752C0.E83B0B0E@tdx.co.uk> References: <01J4FTA2XNHU00F0KR@DEPAUW.EDU>
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PARADOX@DEPAUW.EDU wrote: > > Hi - > > Due to various upgradings, a Zenith Z-Select 100, 486SX-25, has become > available for me to use 24/7 for FreeBSD. > > Do I need to say it, it's slooooooow, especially where it counts, in > compiling. I am mightily tempted to upgrade the cpu. I know that bus speed, > disk access, etc. will be unaffected, but it's cpu speed (and lack of fpu?) > that's really bogging things down. This isn't really _freebsd_ related you know? ;-) > I do realize that the right thing to do is go with a new mb, but that would > require at least a new case and a video card, not to mention the new cpu. > At the moment that's too costly an option. > > Anybody gone the upgrade route? Any advice? And in the event it should > happen, is all that would be necessary before the swap is a to beild a new, > appropriate, kernel? We quite happily run a number of 486 class machines here, we know the limitations before we set out (i.e. there not going to build the world with any great speed - if at all). Our current firewall system is built out of an i486-25's and it works fine... If you really are going to be compiling a lot (remember FreeBSD has the pre-compiled 'packages' collections as well as 'ports') you might want to consider a faster machine... Kp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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