> Hi All--
>
> Is the slowness in cp -r due to USB or is it, as I hoped, a peculiarity
> of FAT32?
>
Before making any assumptions about the file system, you should do a
sync; sync;
and wait for it to complete.
Its possible (is true on my system) that the small stuff is just in the
cache and hasnt actually been written to the disk.
I have a USB disk that I can run at 2.0 speeds at work, but only 1.0
or 1.1 at home. However I always get my hopes up when I see the 1st
300Meg spool off to the disk in no time at all. Alas the cache.
After that its SLOW SLOW SLOW.
so for both large and small do the 'sync; sync' and then the timing
and see if the results change.
--
Reg.Clemens
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