2005/9/7, Randall R Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Adrian, > > On Tuesday 06 September 2005 22:38, Adrian Schroeter wrote: > > On Wednesday 07 September 2005 00:54, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > > > On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Steven Lamb wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I connected my usb2 pen drive (FAT32) to my laptop (Toshiba A70) > > > > running suse 10 beta4 and noticed that the speed of transfer to > > > > the drive was about 30Kb/s. Is there a problem with the usb 2 > > > > support in suse 10 beta4? > > > > > > The device could be mounted with the "sync" mount option, > > > which tends to slow things down much. So check if it is > > > mounted with sync, and if so, mount it without sync. > > > But then always remember to 'umount' the device before > > > you unplug it... > > > > not using sync could lead to data corruption. > > Not if you follow Randy's advice and are careful to unmount the device > before disconnecting it. > > Nonetheless, considering the kind of use made of these devices and the > ease with which they can be yanked from their connectors, I'd consider > it a dubious choice not to mount them with the synchronous write > option.
I´ve got the same problem with my Toshiba Satellite Notebook and a 512 MB USB2 stick here. Copying files is really slow (~30kb/s), and when I mount it without sync the transfer rate isn´t much better (~32kb/s) but the copied files are all corrupted. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
