From: pclink@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au (Rick) Subject: Re: To cache or not to cache. Which machine to buy. Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1993 09:09:20 GMT
richb@rkbhome.jti.com (Rich Braun) writes:
>Linux is by far the most efficient *nix operating system when it comes
>to mass storage. Commercial vendors (and 386bsd) recommend 100Mb as a
>minimum; the fact that Linux could conceivably live on a 40Mb hard
>drive is remarkable.
When I first installed Linux (99p0) I had to recompile it to enable the Future
Domain 885 SCSI driver. I did this on a 20Mb ST506 drive (4M 386) with the
swap file on the 1.44Mb floppy. One hour later, I was the proud parent of
a SCSI kernel.
Rick.