2003-02-14T13:36:55 Mike Gibson: > However, as I transfer data, the system freezes for about a second > every 5-10 seconds. While not life-threatening, it is annoying. > Anyone else had this problem and fixed it?
I can't say whether I had exactly that problem, it's been too long and I fixed it too quickly to be really clear in my recollection of the details of the symptoms. Certainly I had a slow hard drive and made it quick. I use a Pocketec Pockey USB 2.0 30GB hard drive, on the UHCI hub built in to my Sony Vaio Picturebook PCG-C1VPK, running Red Hat 7.3 with kernel 2.4.19. Things work, but were annoyingly slow until I reformatted the drive with ext3. It's at least as appropriately tolerant of abrupt disconnects as VFAT, and far far better performing. Of course I don't mind the fact that I lost the ability to use my drive as interchange media with other OSes. VFAT's performance may stink on ice, but it is pretty widely readable. USB 2.0 may make the nightmarish performance of VFAT hurt less, but ext3 is so quick I don't mind my current performance. -Bennett
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