Group: comp.os.linux.hardware


Subject: El Cheapo Walmart/Everex Box, CentOS5 works fine, F8 has problems
From: anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl)
Date: 12/7/2007 8:02:30 PM
AHappyCamper <@thelandfill.com> writes: >Is it true that the bogomips is simply double the cpu speed? Not in general. IIRC on the 486 it was half the CPU clock speed, on the original Pentium it was 2/5 or something. - anton -- M. Anton Ertl Some things have to be seen to be believed anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at Most things have to be believed to be seen http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html

Subject: El Cheapo Walmart/Everex Box, CentOS5 works fine, F8 has problems
From: Harold Stevens
Date: 12/7/2007 10:03:14 PM
In <2007Dec7.210230@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> Anton Ertl: [Snip...] > the original Pentium it was 2/5 or something. Is Google offline today, or what? :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BogoMips -- Regards, Weird (Harold Stevens) * IMPORTANT EMAIL INFO FOLLOWS * Pardon any bogus email addresses (wookie) in place for spambots. Really, it's (wyrd) at airmail, dotted with net. DO NOT SPAM IT. Kids jumping ship? Looking to hire an old-school type? Email me.