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elmo
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 Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2002 12:59 pm Post subject: pre-compiled .iso |
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Hi just a quick question - will installing from the boot-cd with the pre-compiled -iso of 100mb have negative effects on the system performance, compared to the 16mb pure source .iso
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reverius42
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| Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 7:46 pm Post subject: Re: pre-compiled .iso |
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| elmo wrote: | Hi just a quick question - will installing from the boot-cd with the pre-compiled -iso of 100mb have negative effects on the system performance, compared to the 16mb pure source .iso
thanks
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It shouldn't... that pre-compiled one is optimized for i686. It won't run on anything lower than a Pentium II (or is it Pro?) or Duron/Athlon.
It's possible you could squeeze a bit more performance out of the pure source ISO with one of the newest processors (Athlon XP, Pentium 4) but I'm not sure.
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Scandium
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| Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 8:05 pm Post subject: Re: pre-compiled .iso |
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| reverius42 wrote: |
It shouldn't... that pre-compiled one is optimized for i686. It won't run on anything lower than a Pentium II (or is it Pro?) or Duron/Athlon.
It's possible you could squeeze a bit more performance out of the pure source ISO with one of the newest processors (Athlon XP, Pentium 4) but I'm not sure. |
Pentium Pro is already i686
And you should get (but only a very little) more performance from the 16MB ISO but pls don't use P4 with gcc 3.1 since P4 optimizations are b0rked, use gcc 3.1.1 (read: wait for the 1.3c tarballs if you want to use gcc 3.x) |
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reverius42
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| Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 8:19 pm Post subject: Re: pre-compiled .iso |
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| Scandium wrote: |
And you should get (but only a very little) more performance from the 16MB ISO but pls don't use P4 with gcc 3.1 since P4 optimizations are b0rked, use gcc 3.1.1 (read: wait for the 1.3c tarballs if you want to use gcc 3.x) |
Ah, thanks for the advice! I doubt I'll have a P4 at home any time soon, but I do have one at work. It's got Red Hat on it right now, but that could change... 
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