> > On windows, formated as FAT32, the copy of 1,2 GB took > > about 6 minutes, so it's about 3.41 MB/s, that's more than USB1.1 speed > > (I think) but in OpenBSD 4.4 I have 1.5 MB/s speed. I will attach dmesg > > as soon as possible. > > for many devices 1.5 MB/s is already USB2. e.g. my mp3 player. > > i am not familiar with the windows caching mechanism but it > might be finishing up the copying after the progress bar has > already finished. linux plays that ugly game. everything > is copied lightningly fast only to discover that umount takes > minutes until the caches is written out in the real world.
Unix has had write-behind for decades.