i changed to a mainline kernal. I restarted, and to to confirm i did these commands geoffrey@blackbox:~$ uname -r 3.7.0-999-generic
geoffrey@blackbox:~$ uname -v #201210230406 SMP Tue Oct 23 08:07:49 UTC 2012 I then repeated the same copy, 1.5G to USB2 stick and timed it: 6 minutes. I just re-read your message (i missed the "Not" part of Not a kernel in the daily directory) I will attempt to rectify that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1071708 Title: Copying to a USB device is extremely slow. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1071708/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs