On 9/11/13 3:47 AM, Nick LaForge wrote: > FWIW, I untaring pkgsrc.tar is just as slow in FreeBSD as in NetBSD. > Perhaps Linux is more optimized for my (outdated and slow) compact flash > based SSD.
Try running "sync" just after untaring pkgsrc on the linux system. My debian system untar's pkgsrc suprisingly fast (it's a very slow system compared to my netbsd system), but when I run sync (or umount) afterwards it'll wait for quite a while before returning. /Jan
