Subject: Re: 2.0beta2 bootblocks on floppy slower?
To: Matthias Drochner <drochner@zelux6.zel.kfa-juelich.de>
From: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/22/1997 12:39:00
On Tue, 22 Jul 1997 18:16:41 +0200 (MET DST),
  Matthias Drochner <drochner@zelux6.zel.kfa-juelich.de> writes:

In-Reply-To: <199705020111.VAA08027@jekyll.piermont.com>
References: <199705020111.VAA08027@jekyll.piermont.com>

>While cleaning up my mailbox, I found the following:


 >> Jonathan Stone writes:
 >> [...]
 >> > One thing I've noticed is that the 2.0beta bootblocks seem much slower
 >> > at reading a kernel off a floppy than the old 1.27 (or thereabouts)
 >> > bootblocks. Has anyone else seen this, or is it just me?

[...]

 >Is this really still slower than the old boot - can you measure it?

I think it's OK (fine, even) now. You can forget about my earlier
message unless I bring it up again.