Re: Device detection?
> The problem with that method is that, at least under Windows, it
> causes the hard drive to thrash horribly. I assume it's because it
> checkpoints after checking for *each* device. I'm not sure I really
> want to introduce that sort of thrashing slowness into Debian
checkpointing doesn't have to thrash the harddisk. consider this -- if you
have a program that flushes output to disk for each line it writes to a file,
does it thrash the harddisk?
checkpointing is needed for lots of apps... it doesn't necessary cause any
thrashing.
randolph
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