I've had good luck mounting UFS -o async on USB keys for the purposes of doing bulk operations. It still isn't the fastest thing in the world but it seems fast enough.
Softupdates does a *lot* of tiny I/O's, try disabling it (I think mounting async disables softupdates automatically but I'm not sure). -Matt Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"