On Sun, 05 May 2002 08:45:46 -0500, Sam Ewalt wrote: > On Sat, 04 May 2002 21:51:45 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote:
>> Thanks Sam. >> What I'm looking for is a comparison: Speedchk time as per the bootdisk >> and the same test run on the same box with your normal OS and Ramdisk . > Ok, I tested this on my 386dx33. With MS-DOS 6.22 without a RAM drive > but with MS Smartdrv installed (my normal setup) I get a total elapsed > time of 21 secs. WOW. Is that the first run, or is it a later run after everything has already been saved in cache ? Only the first run on clean cache is relevant. > With your RAM drive setup and IBM DOS 3.30 I get an elapsed time of > 11 sec. > And running speedchk from the A: drive (mistakes will happen) I got > an elapsed time of 7 min and 48 secs. <grin> > If you put together a file that would load the same ramdrive setup > that I could use with my MS-DOS 6.22 I could test again and see the > speed improvement solely related to the different OS. (which I > gather is the point of this exercise) > Hope this helps. It certainly does. Thanks. That test time using your HD looks awful fast for a '386. You must have a much faster HD than I have in MY '386 cuz mine takes about 1 min and 5 or 10 secs for the first run ! For all who wish to set up a ramdisk and run this test with their normal OS to compare the OS speeds, get: http://caverge.arachne.cz/linked/testuros.zip - Clarence Verge - Back to using Arachne V1.62 ....
