Tualatin PIII Rig

Apple2guy · April 07, 2023, 06:40:28 AM

Here are benchmarks from my current Rig

Jetway 694TAS PIII 1.2 Ghz (soon to be 1.4)
960 Mb Ram
Adaptec 2940UW Pro Scsi
Sound Blaster AWE64
Smc 9332 PCI Ethernet

It's been educational learning about disktabs.. hosed a few installs..

RESULTS.RTF

Apple2guy · April 08, 2023, 04:22:02 AM

Upgraded to PIII 1.4 Cpu

Disk Speed Index went up by 10... not bad.

LOGS.RTF

Nitro · April 09, 2023, 06:23:15 PM

Those are good results. I had a Tualatin back in the day and it worked so well I was able to put off buying a P4 for a long time.

Apple2guy · April 15, 2023, 09:45:24 AM

The Drive Performance index varies between drives 70.49 was on a Seagate Cheetah ST3188404LW

Apple2guy · April 19, 2023, 11:53:06 PM

Might as well post my Disktabs incase they can hep someone out. Caveat emptor..

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ATLASU320_18_WLS|MAXTOR ATLASU320_18_WLS|MAXTOR ATLASU320_18_WLS-512:\
    :ty=fixed_rw_scsi:nc#31022:nt#2:ns#578:ss#512:rm#10000:\
    :fp#320:bp#0:ng#0:gs#0:ga#0:ao#0:\
    :os=mach_kernel:z0#64:z1:192:hn=mordor:ro=a:\
    :pa#63:sa#8388608:ba#8192:fa#1024:ca#4:da#4096:ra#10:oa=time:\
    :ia:ta=4.3BSD:aa:\
    :pb#8388671:sb#8388608:bb#8192:fb#1024:cb#4:db#4096:rb#10:ob=time:\
    :ib:tb=4.3BSD:ab:\
    :pc#16777279:sc#8388608:bc#8192:fc#1024:cc#4:dc#4096:rc#10:oc=time:\
    :ic:tc=4.3BSD:ac:\
    :pd#25165887:sd#8388608:bd#8192:fd#1024:cd#4:dd#4096:rd#10:od=time:\
    :id:td=4.3BSD:ad:
QUANTUM|QUANTUM ATLAS 10K 18WLS|QUANTUM ATLAS 10K 18WLS-512:\
    :ty=fixed_rw_scsi:nc#10042:nt#12:ns#298:ss#512:rm#10000:\
    :fp#320:bp#0:ng#0:gs#0:ga#0:ao#0:\
    :os=mach_kernel:z0#64:z1:192:hn=mordor:ro=a:\
    :pa#63:sa#8388608:ba#8192:fa#1024:ca#4:da#4096:ra#10:oa=time:\
    :ia:ta=4.3BSD:aa:\
    :pb#8388671:sb#8388608:bb#8192:fb#1024:cb#4:db#4096:rb#10:ob=time:\
    :ib:tb=4.3BSD:ab:\
    :pc#16777279:sc#8388608:bc#8192:fc#1024:cc#4:dc#4096:rc#10:oc=time:\
    :ic:tc=4.3BSD:ac:\
    :pd#25165887:sd#8388608:bd#8192:fd#1024:cd#4:dd#4096:rd#10:od=time:\
    :id:td=4.3BSD:ad:
WD183|WDIGTL WD183 ULTRA2|WDIGTL WD183 ULTRA2 1.0-512:\
    :ty=fixed_rw_scsi:nc#13614:nt#8:ns#354:ss#512:rm#10000:\
    :fp#320:bp#0:ng#0:gs#0:ga#0:ao#0:\
    :os=mach_kernel:z0#64:z1:192:hn=mordor:ro=a:\
    :pa#63:sa#8388608:ba#8192:fa#1024:ca#4:da#4096:ra#10:oa=time:\
    :ia:ta=4.3BSD:aa:\
    :pb#8388671:sb#8388608:bb#8192:fb#1024:cb#4:db#4096:rb#10:ob=time:\
    :ib:tb=4.3BSD:ab:\
    :pc#16777279:sc#8388608:bc#8192:fc#1024:cc#4:dc#4096:rc#10:oc=time:\
    :ic:tc=4.3BSD:ac:\
    :pd#25165887:sd#8388608:bd#8192:fd#1024:cd#4:dd#4096:rd#10:od=time:\
    :id:td=4.3BSD:ad:
ST318404LW|SEAGATE ST318404LW|SEAGATE ST318404LW 0006-512:\
    :ty=fixed_rw_scsi:nc#14384:nt#6:ns#420:ss#512:rm#10000:\
    :fp#320:bp#0:ng#0:gs#0:ga#0:ao#0:\
    :os=mach_kernel:z0#64:z1:192:hn=mordor:ro=a:\
    :pa#63:sa#8388608:ba#8192:fa#1024:ca#4:da#4096:ra#10:oa=time:\
    :ia:ta=4.3BSD:aa:\
    :pb#8388671:sb#8388608:bb#8192:fb#1024:cb#4:db#4096:rb#10:ob=time:\
    :ib:tb=4.3BSD:ab:\
    :pc#16777279:sc#8388608:bc#8192:fc#1024:cc#4:dc#4096:rc#10:oc=time:\
    :ic:tc=4.3BSD:ac:\
    :pd#25165887:sd#8388608:bd#8192:fd#1024:cd#4:dd#4096:rd#10:od=time:\
    :id:td=4.3BSD:ad:
ST39102LW|SEAGATE ST39102LW|SEAGATE ST39102LW 0005L-512:\
    :ty=fixed_rw_scsi:nc#6962:nt#12:ns#214:ss#512:rm#10000:\
    :fp#320:bp#0:ng#0:gs#0:ga#0:ao#0:\
    :os=mach_kernel:z0#64:z1:192:hn=mordor:ro=a:\
    :pa#63:sa#8388608:ba#8192:fa#1024:ca#4:da#4096:ra#10:oa=time:\
    :ia:ta=4.3BSD:aa:\
    :pb#8388671:sb#8388608:bb#8192:fb#1024:cb#4:db#4096:rb#10:ob=time:\
    :ib:tb=4.3BSD:ab:
ATLAS10K3|ATLAS10K3_18_S|HP 18.2G ATLAS10K3_18_S-512:\
    :ty=fixed_rw_scsi:nc#31022:nt#2:ns#579:ss#512:rm#10000:\
    :fp#320:bp#0:ng#0:gs#0:ga#0:ao#0:\
    :os=mach_kernel:z0#64:z1:192:hn=mordor:ro=a:\
    :pa#63:sa#8388608:ba#8192:fa#1024:ca#4:da#4096:ra#10:oa=time:\
    :ia:ta=4.3BSD:aa:\
    :pb#8388671:sb#8388608:bb#8192:fb#1024:cb#4:db#4096:rb#10:ob=time:\
    :ib:tb=4.3BSD:ab:\
    :pc#16777279:sc#8388608:bc#8192:fc#1024:cc#4:dc#4096:rc#10:oc=time:\
    :ic:tc=4.3BSD:ac:\
    :pd#25165887:sd#8388608:bd#8192:fd#1024:cd#4:dd#4096:rd#10:od=time:\
    :id:td=4.3BSD:ad:
AH3182MP|FUJITSU MAH3182MP0|UJITSU M AH3182MP 0 114-512:\
    :ty=fixed_rw_scsi:nc#17546:nt#4:ns#648:ss#512:rm#10000:\
    :fp#320:bp#0:ng#0:gs#0:ga#0:ao#0:\
    :os=mach_kernel:z0#64:z1:192:hn=mordor:ro=a:\
    :pa#63:sa#8388608:ba#8192:fa#1024:ca#4:da#4096:ra#10:oa=time:\
    :ia:ta=4.3BSD:aa:\
    :pb#8388671:sb#8388608:bb#8192:fb#1024:cb#4:db#4096:rb#10:ob=time:\
    :ib:tb=4.3BSD:ab:\
    :pc#16777279:sc#8388608:bc#8192:fc#1024:cc#4:dc#4096:rc#10:oc=time:\
    :ic:tc=4.3BSD:ac:\
    :pd#25165887:sd#8388608:bd#8192:fd#1024:cd#4:dd#4096:rd#10:od=time:\
    :id:td=4.3BSD:ad:
IBM-ESXS|VPR036W3-ETS10|IBM-ESXS VPR036W3-ETS10-512:\
    :ty=fixed_rw_scsi:nc#34401:nt#3:ns#840:ss#512:rm#10000:\
    :fp#320:bp#0:ng#0:gs#0:ga#0:ao#0:\
    :os=mach_kernel:z0#64:z1:192:hn=mordor:ro=a:\
    :pa#63:sa#8388608:ba#8192:fa#1024:ca#4:da#4096:ra#10:oa=time:\
    :ia:ta=4.3BSD:aa:\
    :pb#8388671:sb#8388608:bb#8192:fb#1024:cb#4:db#4096:rb#10:ob=time:\
    :ib:tb=4.3BSD:ab:\
    :pc#16777279:sc#8388608:bc#8192:fc#1024:cc#4:dc#4096:rc#10:oc=time:\
    :ic:tc=4.3BSD:ac:\
    :pd#25165887:sd#8388608:bd#8192:fd#1024:cd#4:dd#4096:rd#10:od=time:\
    :id:td=4.3BSD:ad:\
    :pe#33554495:se#8388608:be#8192:fe#1024:ce#4:de#4096:re#10:oe=time:\
    :ie:te=4.3BSD:ae:\
    :pf#41943103:sf#8388608:bf#8192:ff#1024:cf#4:df#4096:rf#10:of=time:\
    :if:tf=4.3BSD:af:\
    :pg#50331711:sg#8388608:bg#8192:fg#1024:cg#4:dg#4096:rg#10:og=time:\
    :ig:tg=4.3BSD:ag:

DISKTAB.RTF

wizard · April 26, 2023, 06:12:05 AM

You get better drive performance than I am getting under VirtualBox

Apple2guy · April 27, 2023, 12:35:48 AM

Could it be the Scsi controller? I wonder what the difference between an Adaptec 2940UW and a Adaptec 2940UW pro.

wizard · April 27, 2023, 01:54:18 AM

Quote from: Apple2guy on April 27, 2023, 12:35:48 AMCould it be the Scsi controller? I wonder what the difference between an Adaptec 2940UW and a Adaptec 2940UW pro.

I am using an IDE controller on VirtualBox, have not tried SCSCI, but could be worth a try?

Apple2guy · April 27, 2023, 07:47:05 AM

It should work with Buslogic scsi..

Apple2guy · April 28, 2023, 10:03:26 AM

Yep Buslogic Scsi works in Virtualbox.

It is smoking fast.....

SPEED.TIFF

LOGS.RTF

wizard · April 28, 2023, 12:13:58 PM

I switched to it, but could not boot. I can add a second SCSI drive , which works fine (and seems fast). But I can not boot from a SCSI drive (just IDE). When I try to boot from SCSI ,
I am getting these errors on boot :
Can't open /dev/rhd0a
mount /dev/hd0a on / : No such device
mount: giving up on:
/

Apple2guy · April 28, 2023, 09:51:44 PM

You can't just switch the controller without reconfiguring Openstep. You need to remove the ide device and add the BusLogic pci scsi device before re configuring the virtual machine to be scsi. You want he HD to be SCSI 0 and the cdrom needs to be a higher id. I normally use id 6 or 15.

the mount /dev/hd0a means it is still configured to Loog for an ide boot device.
ide devices are /dev/hdxa /dev/rhdxa
scsi devices are /dev/sdxa /dev/rsdxa (where x = device number starting at 0)

I did my install on a 2 gb image. Updated to patch 4 then used a custom disktab to partition a second larger scsi drive. Then I used dump to clone my boot drive to the second drive. Then I re-configured the second drive as the first. After that it will boot create a swap then reboot.

wizard · May 01, 2023, 02:26:15 AM

Quote from: Apple2guy on April 28, 2023, 09:51:44 PMYou can't just switch the controller without reconfiguring Openstep. You need to remove the ide device and add the BusLogic pci scsi device before re configuring the virtual machine to be scsi. You want he HD to be SCSI 0 and the cdrom needs to be a higher id. I normally use id 6 or 15.

the mount /dev/hd0a means it is still configured to Loog for an ide boot device.
ide devices are /dev/hdxa /dev/rhdxa
scsi devices are /dev/sdxa /dev/rsdxa (where x = device number starting at 0)

I did my install on a 2 gb image. Updated to patch 4 then used a custom disktab to partition a second larger scsi drive. Then I used dump to clone my boot drive to the second drive. Then I re-configured the second drive as the first. After that it will boot create a swap then reboot.

Thanks for the info. When you say IT is configured to for ide boot device, is there a configuration file? I did add the scsi controller (with no drives) to the VM, booted the VM, and added the SCSI driver (it was detected) in OPENSTEP, removed the ide driver in OPENSTEP, shut down the VM and then changed the drives to use the SCSI device in the VM config. I also removed the IDE controller in the VM. Still get the error about /dev/hd0a.

Apple2guy · May 02, 2023, 09:46:57 AM

Yes the bootloader that was installed to the image is configured to boot ide.
This article may help... https://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/NeXTStep/3.3/nsa/09_StartShut.htmld/index.html

It may be easier to do a new install on scsi..

wizard · May 03, 2023, 08:21:57 AM

Ok, well I made a backup copy of my VM and thought I would try editing /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab, replacing them with sd0a instead of hd0a. Managed to boot up and login. Got much better numbers!

Only weird thing is at login there is a long pause of perhaps a minute or more before the Workspace Manager and Dock appears. I will keep looking as to what might be causing that long delay. I saw the log said Failure Setting Background Color, not sure if that is related. After you login and that pause , everything is much snappier though!