On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote: > dd if=/dev/zero bs=1024 count=1048576 of=/Volumes/MyUSBstick/gigabyte.file
I went with Dan's method ... it just seemed easier. Can't say why though. ;-) For my 2008 white MacBook 500GB Hitatchi hard drive: write: 37.7 MiB/sec read: 41.9 MiB/sec For my USB attached 16GB "Diesel" flash drive: write: 14.3 MiB/sec read: 34.7 MiB/sec FWIW both are formatted as HFS+. I'm sort of surprised that my MB's hard drive isn't a little faster, but <shrug>. Sometime I should pull it and run HDTune (or such) against it on my WIn 7 desktop to see if it's the drive or ... whatever. The flash drive results also seem about right. Forgot to mention that one of the other characteristics of current flash memory is that reading is often much faster than writing. (In this case apparently over 2x as fast to read versus write). -irrational john -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
