On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 14:06, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Mario Bertrand <jmbert@cgocable.ca> writes: > > I have successfully install debian with sid-amd64-monolithic.iso on my > > second ide (+kernel 2.6.8-3) and I don't see much difference in the > > performance vs i386 sarge (+kernel 2.6.8-1) on my first ide. It is > > normal? Should I expect more? Someone told me that I should buy a new > > hard drive with more cache (8M) to take benefit of faster cpu. > > > > hda - 2048k cache - 3923.96 BogoMIPS / i386 > > hdb - 69k cache - 3932.16 "" / amd64 > > 69K is rather tiny. But that will only affect loading times and > doesn't make things run faster. The 69k can be an advantage as you only risk 69k worth of data instead of 2048k or more... -s
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