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NeddySeagoon
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 Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 5:50 pm Post subject: Gentoo on Ultra 10 |
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Hi all,
I'm looking at getting an Ultra 10 as a plaything to install Gentoo on.
I'm used to IA32 and know how much memory I need for what I do there.
How much memory does an Ultra 10 need so it doesn't go into swapping while its running mundane things and compiling in the background ?
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flak7
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:33 pm Post subject: Re: Gentoo on Ultra 10 |
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| NeddySeagoon wrote: | Hi all,
I'm looking at getting an Ultra 10 as a plaything to install Gentoo on.
I'm used to IA32 and know how much memory I need for what I do there.
How much memory does an Ultra 10 need so it doesn't go into swapping while its running mundane things and compiling in the background ? |
I have UltraSparc IIi 270Mhz
64MB - stage 3, console works XFCE works poorly
128MB - XFCE starts to work better but very easily starts to swap
192MB - gnome (no eye candy) starts to work not so bad at least short after starting - disk reads (2*64MB 50ns + 2*32MB 60ns)
384 - O.K.(no eye candy) but disk reads are still annoying - running kuroo takes ages! (2*64MB 50ns + 2*128MB 60ns)
Note there are 2 kinds of RAM available. Ordinary 60ns and rare 50ns. Try to get non sun 60ns. They should be cheaper.
I strongly advice you to get extra hd controller. Onboard IDE on U5/U10 (use same main board) are broken. They run in PIO16 mode only (in practice 12MB/s only). Better hd controllers will seriously boost your system. Try also to get 400/440 Mhz processor (L2=2MB)
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flak7,
I should be getting a 440MHz CPU and after reading your memory advice, go for 512Mb.
It looks like I need to put a PCI card HDD controller on the shopping list too.
Thanks for your help.
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