Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

News: upgrade to fedora 13 and using ext4 filesystem = ~26MB/s []'s Luigi Castro Cardeles 2010/4/29 Luigi Castro Cardeles > Hi list, > > just to update: > > since kernel 2.6.32.11-99.fc12.x86_64, the usb speed with that device has > improved to 8~6,5MB/s... > > []'s > Luigi Castro Cardeles >

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

On 08/03/2010 07:04 PM, Luigi Castro Cardeles wrote: > News: > > upgrade to fedora 13 and using ext4 filesystem = ~26MB/s > > []'s > Luigi Castro Cardeles > > > 2010/4/29 Luigi Castro Cardeles > > > Hi list, > > just to update: > > since kernel 2.6.32

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:12 PM, JD wrote: > If you want even better performance, reiserfs4 was benchmarked to > exceed ALL other >  Linux filesystems, including xfs, ext2/3/4 > See  http://kerneltrap.org/node/6776 How do you get that from your link? The article has nothing to do with Reiser 4 a

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

On 08/03/2010 09:31 PM, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:12 PM, JD wrote: >> If you want even better performance, reiserfs4 was benchmarked to >> exceed ALL other >> Linux filesystems, including xfs, ext2/3/4 >> See http://kerneltrap.org/node/6776 > How do you get that fro

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 11:05 -0300, Luigi Castro Cardeles wrote: > Hi list, > > > I use fedora 12 on a dell inspiron 1545 laptop. > (2.6.31.12-174.2.22.fc12.x86_64). > i have a external usb hd and i can't make it connect like a usb 2.0 > device. > this device is ntfs format > > > I check if the

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

Hi list and Patrick, the default max_sectors is 240. I change this to 1024 like you said but the problem continue. If i try the speed: time dd if=/dev/sdc1 of=/dev/null bs=1M count=5 i get that speed: 972 MB/s but if i run rsync, the upload transfer rate is very slow ( begins at 4MB/s and goes

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

Am Montag, den 08.03.2010, 12:16 -0300 schrieb Luigi Castro Cardeles: > the default max_sectors is 240. I change this to 1024 like you said > but the problem continue. > time dd if=/dev/sdc1 of=/dev/null bs=1M count=5 > i get that speed: 972 MB/s > but if i run rsync, the upload transfer rate is v

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

Hi, ntfs. Nothing strange on dmesg or /var/log/messages. There is something strange: i set a line on fstab with some options (rw,async) but when i mount (mount -a), i get this: type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096) I found a bug about this: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 12:16 -0300, Luigi Castro Cardeles wrote: > Hi list and Patrick, > > > the default max_sectors is 240. I change this to 1024 like you said > but the problem continue. > > > If i try the speed: > > > time dd if=/dev/sdc1 of=/dev/null bs=1M count=5 > i get that speed: 972

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

2010/3/8 Patrick O'Callaghan > [Please don't top-post on this list] > > First of all, is this device a real hard disk, i.e. a mechanically > rotating magnetic surface, or is it some kind of Flash drive? Hi, sorry for top post and sorry about the poor english. It is not a flash drive, is an real H

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

On 03/08/2010 11:53 AM, Luigi Castro Cardeles wrote: > 2010/3/8 Patrick O'Callaghan > >> [Please don't top-post on this list] >> >> First of all, is this device a real hard disk, i.e. a mechanically >> rotating magnetic surface, or is it some kind of Flash drive? >> > Hi, > sorry for top

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 15:53 -0300, Luigi Castro Cardeles wrote: > 2010/3/8 Patrick O'Callaghan > > [Please don't top-post on this list] > > > > First of all, is this device a real hard disk, i.e. a mechanically > > rotating magnetic surface, or is it some kind of Flash drive? > > Hi, > sorry for

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

2010/3/8 Patrick O'Callaghan : > It would be interesting to see what happens with a different filesystem, > e.g. ext3 or ext4, that doesn't use fuse. If that's not practical > because the disk contains real data, perhaps you could create a small > partition with one of the kernel-supported filesyst

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

On 03/08/2010 05:53 PM, Luigi Castro Cardeles wrote: > > well, ntfs filesystem doesn't accept async/sync param... Tom show that > to me (man mount.ntfs-3g). > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=571508 > > i will try that Patrick and post the results. > > Start to look for another sol

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 12:26 -0700, Paolo Galtieri wrote: > On 03/08/2010 11:53 AM, Luigi Castro Cardeles wrote: > > 2010/3/8 Patrick O'Callaghan > > > >> [Please don't top-post on this list] > >> > >> First of all, is this device a real hard disk, i.e. a mechanically > >> rotating magnetic surf

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

2010/3/8 Mikkel : > I know you posted it, but I must have deleted the message. Is the > drive connecting at full speed, or hi speed? > > Mikkel > -- > >  Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! > > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedorapr

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

On 03/08/2010 08:17 PM, Luigi Castro Cardeles wrote: > > Hi Mikkel, > > cat /var/log/messages > > usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd > That is another reason your drive is slow. You are connected at USB 1.1 speeds, instead of USB 2.0 speeds. new full speed USB device using ohci_

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

On 03/08/2010 06:16 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 12:26 -0700, Paolo Galtieri wrote: > >> On 03/08/2010 11:53 AM, Luigi Castro Cardeles wrote: >> >>> 2010/3/8 Patrick O'Callaghan >>> >>> [Please don't top-post on this list] First of all, is

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Paolo Galtieri wrote: > The drives are on different busses. One drive is plugged into a hub the > other directly into the laptop. It is possible that the USB port on your computer is USB 2.0 (Full Speed) but that the hub is just USB 1.1 (High Speed). USB Mass Stor

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

2010/3/9 Mikkel : > On 03/08/2010 08:17 PM, Luigi Castro Cardeles wrote: >> >> Hi Mikkel, >> >> cat /var/log/messages >> >> usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd >> > That is another reason your drive is slow. You are connected at USB > 1.1 speeds, instead of USB 2.0 speeds. > > new ful

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

Luigi Castro Cardeles wrote: > 2010/3/9 Mikkel : >> slow speed >> high speed >> full speed > so: > low-speed - uhci > full-speed - ohci > high-speed - ehci When the USB group created the 2.0 specifications it made a good effort to confuse "good speed" (480Mbit/s) with "awful speed" (12Mbit/s) de

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

2010/3/9 Roberto Ragusa : > Luigi Castro Cardeles wrote: >> 2010/3/9 Mikkel : > >>> slow speed >>> high speed >>> full speed > >> so: >> low-speed - uhci >> full-speed - ohci >> high-speed - ehci > > When the USB group created the 2.0 specifications it made > a good effort to confuse "good speed" (

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 10:28 -0300, Luigi Castro Cardeles wrote: > 2010/3/9 Roberto Ragusa : > > Luigi Castro Cardeles wrote: > >> 2010/3/9 Mikkel : > > > >>> slow speed > >>> high speed > >>> full speed > > > >> so: > >> low-speed - uhci > >> full-speed - ohci > >> high-speed - ehci > > > > When th

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: [...] > It's likely that the disk came with a special driver for Windows, > whereas the Linux version is using a generic driver. I'd guess the > answer is probably in the Windows driver code, but of course it will be > binary and proprietary so it's of no use to anyone.

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 18:13 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > [...] > > > It's likely that the disk came with a special driver for Windows, > > whereas the Linux version is using a generic driver. I'd guess the > > answer is probably in the Windows driver code, but of co

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 18:13 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: >> Clearly it's of _some_ use to _someone_. It just isn't of use to _you_. > > No, it's of no use to anyone using a non-Windows system. Isn't that what > we're talking about on this list? There are those who insta

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 18:13 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: >> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>> It's likely that the disk came with a special driver for Windows, >>> whereas the Linux version is using a generic driver. I'd guess the >>> answer is probably in the

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 19:24 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 18:13 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > >> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> > >> [...] > >> > >>> It's likely that the disk came with a special driver for Windows, > >>> whereas the Linux version

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 19:24 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: [...] >> However, in a broader context, simply because a driver is closed >> source and proprietary does not mean that it is of no use to anyone. >> AIUI, nVidia provides some Linux drivers which are closed, and u

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > It's likely that the disk came with a special driver for Windows, > whereas the Linux version is using a generic driver. I'd guess the > answer is probably in the Windows driver code, but of course it will be > binary and proprietary s

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

On Fri, 2010-03-12 at 03:36 -0800, Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan > wrote: > > It's likely that the disk came with a special driver for Windows, > > whereas the Linux version is using a generic driver. I'd guess the > > answer is probably in

Re: Problem with an external usb HD - slow usb

Hi list, just to update: since kernel 2.6.32.11-99.fc12.x86_64, the usb speed with that device has improved to 8~6,5MB/s... []'s Luigi Castro Cardeles -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listi