[ale] [OT] Flash Drive Lag

[hbbs at comcast.net (Jeff Hubbs)]

Preston -

My laptop I/Os dog-slow with Flash USB and CF drives under Linux -  many
times slower than if I did the same thing with it booted to WinXP.  I
don't know why and I just have tried digging into the problem yet.



Preston Boyington wrote:
> I just got one of the 2GB Flash Drives from MicroCenter.  Immediately I
> rsync'd all my portable software and other data from my 512mb thumbdrive
> and anxiously waited to play with my new toy.  well, I'm pretty
> disappointed.  this thing is extremely slow compared to my 512. i had
> heard that flash drives slow as the size goes up (ie. a 512mb would be
> faster than a 1GB), but this is mindnumbing.
>
> i wondered if partitioning the drive would make a difference?  i wanted
> a larger drive mainly to have DSL and a couple of other 'nix toys
> available while i am traveling and having to use others win machines.
>
> worst case i will go back to using my 512 for daily usage and keep this
> as an auxiliary data drive.  although that would be disappointing.  will
> see if the speed is better on my linux box this afternoon.
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