On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 19:52, Anarky wrote: > Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > >On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 09:14, Anarky wrote: > > > > > > > >> so what can I do (without buying new hardware or moving back to > >>windows) ? > >>There's got to be soemthing ... and btw, how do I reset to what it was > >>before/default? will it reset after reboot? It's this speed drop thing > >>that's weird: it starts copying with 9Mb per sec .. but quickly drops to > >>3,2,1 Mb/sec (quickly as in in 30 seconds). > >> > >> > > > >Well, something is definitely up with that - do you have both HD's on > >the same cable? Does your motherboard support ATA133/ATA100? > > > > > I don't trully know ... but it can't be something hardware related, > because as I said if I reboot to windows I get a constant fast copy
Then I'd tend to reckon it's the FAT32 to FAT32 translation as the files have to be translated FROM one filesystem to the TARGET filesystem; if the SOURCE wasn't a FAT32 partition, I'll bet the transfer would be much quicker... Better yet, why not do a transfer using like XDOS or WINE? -- Mon Aug 11 20:05:00 EST 2003 20:05:00 up 7 days, 23:53, 1 user, load average: 1.88, 1.84, 1.89 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ |kuhn media australia | | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ & RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * "Help Mr. Wizard!" -- Tennessee Tuxedo
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