[bf1942] Slow startup/map change speeds?

[Andreas Fredriksson]

The Linux kernel does so automatically if you have memory to spare.

If you want to force it before starting the server you could do something
like:

$ find . -type f -exec cat {} \> /dev/null \;

but that's going to extreme measures.

// Andreas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: KGSsupport [mailto:support at killergameservers.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 5:12 PM
> To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> Subject: RE: [bf1942] Slow startup/map change speeds?
> 
> 
> Andreas,
> 
> How do you load the BF files into the system cache so it 
> loads that faster?
> 
> -n
> 
> 
> >
> > With the BF files in system cache a level loads in a few 
> seconds on my 
> > Athlon 2100 here at DICE. Reading cold copies from disk 
> will take much 
> > longer, as in your case.
> >
> > The Linux disk cache is a wonderful thing :-)
> >
> > // Andreas
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Stewart, John [mailto:johns at artesyncp.com]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 1:43 AM
> >> To: 'bf1942 at icculus.org'
> >> Subject: RE: [bf1942] Slow startup/map change speeds?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > > Aye, I'm on the latest release, and the machine is pretty
> >> > decent. Athlon XP
> >> > > 1600, 256MB memory.
> >> >
> >> > Upgrage your memory your crippling the machine putting 
> such a pissy
> >> amount of memory in it ( thats less than my 350 PII laptop has ).
> >>
> >> I really don't think that should be necessary. bf1942 only uses 
> >> (currently according to top) 71MB. It's the only thing 
> running on the 
> >> box aside from a small instance of Apache. The box ain't swapping.
> >>
> >> johnS
> >>
> 
> 
> 
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