Re: expected write speed on microSD

2008-09-19 Thread Harald Koenig
On Sep 19, Nicolas Chauvat wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 12:38:49PM +, Jan R wrote: > > Assuming the file system on the card is ext2, check that it is not > > mounted with the "sync" option (automount usually mounts it that way). > > I had the same speed problem, and it magically vanished

Re: expected write speed on microSD

2008-09-19 Thread Harald Koenig
On Sep 19, Nicolas Chauvat wrote: > Hi List, > > Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I searched the archives and the wiki for > "site:lists.openmoko.org microsd write [speed|slow]" and got no > answer. no answer but another finding, though I got ~150 KBytes/sec copying a 600K bash binary: http://lis

Re: expected write speed on microSD

2008-09-19 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 12:38:49PM +, Jan R wrote: |> Assuming the file system on the card is ext2, check that it is not |> mounted with the "sync" option (automount usually mounts it that way). |> I had

Re: expected write speed on microSD

2008-09-19 Thread Nicolas Chauvat
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 12:38:49PM +, Jan R wrote: > Assuming the file system on the card is ext2, check that it is not > mounted with the "sync" option (automount usually mounts it that way). > I had the same speed problem, and it magically vanished after remounting > it without synchronous

Re: expected write speed on microSD

2008-09-19 Thread Fabian Henze
On 19.09.2008 at 13:20:01, Nicolas Chauvat wrote: > I have no problem when doing an scp of a new rootfs image to, say, > /var/volatile/log which is a tmpfs, but untarring the system image to > /dev/mmcblk0p2 or scp-ing the image directly to the same place is > extremely slow. It gets as slow as 5 K

Re: expected write speed on microSD

2008-09-19 Thread Jan R
Hello! Assuming the file system on the card is ext2, check that it is not mounted with the "sync" option (automount usually mounts it that way). I had the same speed problem, and it magically vanished after remounting it without synchronous I/O. Regards, Jan __

Re: expected write speed on microSD

2008-09-19 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | I have no problem when doing an scp of a new rootfs image to, say, | /var/volatile/log which is a tmpfs, but untarring the system image to | /dev/mmcblk0p2 or scp-ing the image directly to the same place is

expected write speed on microSD

2008-09-19 Thread Nicolas Chauvat
Hi List, Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I searched the archives and the wiki for "site:lists.openmoko.org microsd write [speed|slow]" and got no answer. I am using the stock FreeRunner that I received a few weeks ago, without any modification this far. The SD card is the one that was in the box. I