Matthew Dillon wrote: > I'm guessing it is a function of msdosfs, which doesn't try to > aggregate clusterable writes. Linux's block devices work > differently, it's easier for linux to cluster writes. Not really on my > list, non-native filesystems aren't really designed with performance in > mind.
50MB in 4 minutes isn't really "a performance problem" IMHO, but a serious usability problem ;). And I doubt that the lack of clustering is the one to blame here (at least not alone). And as I said - it isn't the problem with every USB mass storage media, with other stuff I have access to show reasonable performance with msdosfs. -- Hasso Tepper
