Suggestions - FullText ??

[Jon Shoberg]

I have a simple table with A LOT of data, 2.1M rows.  this is purely a
development/test/learning endeavor.

The table structure is:
ID    -> auto-increment
url   -> varchar(255)
topic -> varchar(255)
about -> tinytext


Anyone use fulltext indexing under this scenario?  The DB server is a P3-866
with 256mb, any guesses how long indexing will take?  Its pupose could
guiding search functionality on a website.

Any comments/suggestions on using FULLTEXT ?

Thanks