On 29 Mar 03 07:02:34 GMT, Paul Grenyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Different architectures make more or less efficient use of RAM, but I >> suspect you are going to find it extremely difficult to even get debian >> installed on such a system. My 5MB Amiga 2000 simply thrashed itself to >> death trying to install packages, thanks to the bloated package >> database and dpkg's RAM-hungry design. I never got it upgraded from >> potato to woody and if it hadn't been taken off the net by a faulty NIC >> I would have shut it down anyway when security updates for potato stop. > > It's too long ago for me to remember the details of the Amiga's, but if > memory serves me correctly the Acorn machines were far superior in > performance. :-)
Doesn't matter what the CPU can do when you have less RAM than dpkg's resident set and swap speed becomes the dominant factor. Hard disks are much, much slower than a MC68030. I doubt a 25Mhz ARM3 was enough of an improvement to get over that hurdle. -- Frank Copeland Home Page: <URL:http://thingy.apana.org.au/~fjc/> Not the Scientology Home Page: <URL:http://xenu.apana.org.au/ntshp/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
