Re: Slow disks under linux

[Dave Hodgkinson]

Paul Makepeace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I'm trying to duplicate an FS from an oldish 5,400rpm 6GB IDE drive to a new
> 7,200rpm 61GB IDE drive using the usual cp -ax / /mnt. But it's
> unbelievably slow -- vmstat 2 is reporting bi/bo around 300!

What does hdparm have to say?


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