[mythtv] Poll: System Requirements

[Ray]

On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 11:42:16AM -0800, Allen T. Gilliland IV wrote:
> This is almost a bit disheartening.
> 
> Here's my setup:
> 
> Athalon 1200MHz - 512MB SDRAM
> 80GB Seagate IDE 7200rpm
> WinTV dbx 401
> SB awe64 isa
> Leadtek GeForce2 MX 400
> Gentoo 1.4
> mythtv 0.7
> hdparm test = 17.11 MB/sec (i think this is limited my
> my m/b to UDMA66)

That disk speed seems pretty slow, are you sure you have dma enabled?  My
Dual Celeron box has a pair of 7200rpm Maxtors.  The one connected to the on
board udma33 controller gets around 27MB/s and the one connected to a
Promise udma66 controller gets around 36MB/s.

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Ray