Re: newfs fast, but newfs_msdos and newfs_ext2fs very slow

2024-04-10 Thread Stanislav Syekirin
Thanks, I will experiment with a correctly partitioned USB stick and with different block sizes. But could you please clarify the following: I don't think there's really much you can do. There's no "quick format" option for newfs_msdos like there is on Windows. I thought the difference bet

Re: newfs fast, but newfs_msdos and newfs_ext2fs very slow

2024-04-10 Thread Dan
As last resort, if you are one that lives with usb sticks indipendent hardware duplicators like those from startech.com have a quick format option (almost my old version of it has) further than other useful functionalities. -Dan Apr 10, 2024 10:34:38 Stuart Henderson : >> How can I speed the c

Re: newfs fast, but newfs_msdos and newfs_ext2fs very slow

2024-04-10 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 08:31:26AM -, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2024-04-09, Stanislav Syekirin > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to figure out the best way to format a USB stick as FAT32. > > This is what I've tried: > > > > $ time doas newfs_msdos /dev/rsd1c > > /dev/rsd1c: 60007944 s

Re: newfs fast, but newfs_msdos and newfs_ext2fs very slow

2024-04-10 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2024-04-09, Stanislav Syekirin wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to figure out the best way to format a USB stick as FAT32. > This is what I've tried: > > $ time doas newfs_msdos /dev/rsd1c > /dev/rsd1c: 60007944 sectors in 7500993 FAT32 clusters (4096 > bytes/cluster) > bps=512 spc=8 res=32 nft=2

newfs fast, but newfs_msdos and newfs_ext2fs very slow

2024-04-09 Thread Stanislav Syekirin
Hi, I'm trying to figure out the best way to format a USB stick as FAT32. This is what I've tried: $ time doas newfs_msdos /dev/rsd1c /dev/rsd1c: 60007944 sectors in 7500993 FAT32 clusters (4096 bytes/cluster) bps=512 spc=8 res=32 nft=2 mid=0xf0 spt=63 hds=255 hid=0 bsec=60125184 bspf=58602