Bug#369773: Very low write speed to USB 2.0 memory stick
On 01.06.06 10:34, Bohdan Linda wrote:
> Package:linux-source-2.6.16
> Version:2.6.16-14
>
> The problem description:
>
> $ dd if=/dev/random of=/media/usb0/test bs=1024
> ^C (after while)
> count=3000
> 0+9 records in
> 0+9 records out
> 498 bytes (498 B) copied, 18.2673 seconds, 0.0 kB/s
this is probably caused by not enough of entropy in linux kernel.
see mkanual page of random(4). try using /dev/urandom
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