since it is IDE, it is slower.. and sync option will enable the data synchronization, that will take some time.
Shino Jacob wrote: > Hi, > I am using ubuntu 8.04. > Recently I installed my old IDE hard disk(40GB) to my computer and I > found that in some > partitions copying ( to) is quite slow. If copy from this partition > to my SATA disk, there is no problem. > > I found this problem exists only when the mount entries are present > in /etc/fstab. > > eg: of my fstab which is causing problem > UUID=0AF0-1E6A /media/gdrive > vfat rw,auto,user,sync,exec,shortname=mixed,umask=000 0 > 0 > > interesting thing is not all partitions has this problem. > > further to my experiment , when I removed sync from options, it > started copying fast. > > Is it a problem with old disks or am I missing something here? > If I remove sync option will it cause any problems? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
