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Re: Why actual speed is slower than nominal? (2.6x vs 4x)



Konstantin Kudin <konstantin_kudin@yahoo.com> writes:

>  I am curious as to why the actual speed I get happens to be a lot
> slower than the nominal one. I am using Knoppix 3.8.1 with 2.6.11
> kernel in /dev/hdc, and the DVD writer is /dev/hdd
> 
>  If I do not use "hdparm" to set the speed of /dev/hdd to udma2, then
> actual speed happens to be even slower. 
> 
>  I am creating the image on the fly, could that make things go slower?

Yes it could. See this link:

        http://lists.debian.org/cdwrite/2003/12/msg00226.html

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Peter Osterlund - petero2@telia.com
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