dmesg? results of testing with dd? What speed to do you get if you use FFS?
I get around 9 MB/s to a slow USB hard disk with FFS, which would be around 2.5 hours for 72 GB, and I routinely backup many GBs to it. So I'm guessing either its ext2 or your hardware. On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 01:44:49AM +0100, T. Tofus von Blisstein wrote: > Hello, > > I have noticed that writing to a usb drive is "slow". > > What does "slow" mean? > > It means that compared to other OS's. > > Which OS's? > > Yes, it hurts: the penguin. > > Information: The external drive has been formated as ext2, so that I > can mount it with obsd and the penguin > > Copying some 72G takes ~ 2hours on the penguin and some... 10 hours or more > > This is obsd -current snapshot of 12 Jan, i386 > > Actually it's even worse > > I start the copying of those 72G before I go to bed > Then the system freezes > > ctrl+alt+f1 to get a console does nothing > > ctrl + alt + backspace does nothing > > Sounds like an APCI problem? > > It feels like USB 1 or worse _and_ the system freezes > > You can of course blame the device, but I have had the same speed > problem on a number of devices > > You can now stone me, call me stupid, tell me that I have stated that > linux gives free blowjobs, that I am a dumbass etc etc etc... > > it's fine, go for it but after that, please try to copy to an extermal > drive some 3G with linux and obsd and tell me the difference. > > I am all against linux, I love obsd, I have obsd as my main production > system, I buy the CDs at each release > > ... and I know this is misc and not exactly the most friendly place of the > world > > I am simply asking: Has anybody else noticed this or am I the only one > on the face of the world with this problem? > > Any (positive, polite) comment will be very much appreciated. > > T.
