On Fri, 4 Jul 1997 09:57:18 -0400 (EDT) 
 "Steven N. Hirsch" <shirsch@ibm.net> wrote:

 > 1) Why is disk I/O so dog slow?  Iozone shows that the best my Seagate
 > ST1401N can do is ~350 bytes/sec RW!  This drive can do 1200 bytes/sec. on
 > X86 linux, and that is on a 386/40 with a slow controller.

Part of this, undoubtedly, is the SCSI controller hardware in the Macintosh.
It lacks a DMA engine.  Your Linux 386 system probably has a controller
that can do DMA.

 > 2) I'm able to mount exported NFS directories from a Linux box by hand,
 > but amd fails with a bitter complaint from the server about "..insecure
 > port 1037 - seek mental counseling.."  (I'm serious).  Any insights?

Err... you're a little ambiguous here... the Linux server prints that
on the console?  Try telling amd to use a priviledged port when it
performs the mount.

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