On Sun, 05 May 2002 16:19:30 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote: >>> 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. First run. But that's with Smartdrv installed. Without Smartdrv it takes 1 min, 51 secs to run Speedchk and the hard drive sounds like a cheap coffee grinder. > 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 ! Mine is slower, as you can see. > 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 I'll give it a go and let you know. So far have you discoverd an advantage to IBM DOS 3.30? > - Clarence Verge > - Back to using Arachne V1.62 .... Sam Ewalt Croswell, Michigan, USA -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
