Howard Eisenberger wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:31:50 -0500, > Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The problem is that you had swallowed the line that goes: Linux is fast. > > As YOU would certainly know, "C" is slow regardless of what you call it. <G> > > I guess it depends on what one is trying to do. I had a HD (SCSI) > crash the other day, so I had to copy all my DOS files (about 10,000 > or 375 Meg) to a spare HD. I didn't time it, but I can tell you that > it's a lot faster mounting the DOS partitions in Linux and using "cp" > than using "xcopy" in DR-DOS.
How about a rough estimate Howard ? I had to do that myself about 6 months ago to re-organize my C: drive. Using DOS 5.0 and xcopy, my estimate is 30-50 seconds for 120Mb to an empty partition. - Clarence Verge -- - Help stamp out FATWARE. As a start visit: http://home.arachne.cz/ - The internet is infected - Windows is a VIRUS !! --
