On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 08:27:01AM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > I needed to reload the flash drive on a Zenstone 2-gig mp3 > player. I have noticed that when the drive is full, operations > all still work, but take much longer than one might expect which > probably has something to do with the fat32 file system and size > of the FAT table. [snip] > I plan to let this tar command run its natural course to see > what happens, but is there anything I can do with the existing > system to optimise the performance? I usually load my usb stick with async and have found this to improve performance greatly, but you must use sync to flush the buffers > > Thanks. > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > Systems Engineer > OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- If I don't see you in the future, I'll see you in the pasture.
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