Re: Linux Installation with SCSI Drive

2004-09-27 Thread Tim Kelley
On Sunday 26 September 2004 23:26, Nick Lidakis wrote: > Ronald wrote: > > I often try out (installing) Linux distributions, so > > this is an I/O intensive operation (writing to the drive). > I was wondering the same and was about to post a similar message to the > list. I feel as if my up-to-d

Re: Linux Installation with SCSI Drive

2004-09-27 Thread Pigeon
On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 01:36:24PM -0400, David Clymer wrote: > On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 00:26, Nick Lidakis wrote: > > I was wondering the same and was about to post a similar message to the > > list. I feel as if my up-to-date Debian box (P4 3GHZ / Intel 875PBZ / 1 > > GIG RAM / WD ATA 133 Caviar S

Re: Linux Installation with SCSI Drive

2004-09-07 Thread Johan Kullstam
Tim Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Monday 06 September 2004 00:00, Ronald wrote: > > I often try out (installing) Linux distributions, so > > this is an I/O intensive operation (writing to the drive). > > > > Would using SCSI drive significantly improve the installing > > time? (halve it?

Re: Linux Installation with SCSI Drive

2004-09-06 Thread Tim Kelley
On Monday 06 September 2004 00:00, Ronald wrote: > I often try out (installing) Linux distributions, so > this is an I/O intensive operation (writing to the drive). > > Would using SCSI drive significantly improve the installing > time? (halve it?) Yes, from CD/DVD of course. > FYI currently I us

Re: Linux Installation with SCSI Drive

2004-09-05 Thread John Summerfield
Ronald wrote: I often try out (installing) Linux distributions, so this is an I/O intensive operation (writing to the drive). Would using SCSI drive significantly improve the installing time? (halve it?) FYI currently I use Seagate 7200.7 80 GB and to get full 3 GB install takes around ~10 to 20 mi

Linux Installation with SCSI Drive

2004-09-05 Thread Ronald
I often try out (installing) Linux distributions, so this is an I/O intensive operation (writing to the drive). Would using SCSI drive significantly improve the installing time? (halve it?) FYI currently I use Seagate 7200.7 80 GB and to get full 3 GB install takes around ~10 to 20 minutes. Motherb