<br><br><p><DEFANGED_div><DEFANGED_span class="gmail_quote">On 10/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bob Kline</b> <<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</DEFANGED_span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" DEFANGED_style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br><p><DEFANGED_div><DEFANGED_span class="q"><DEFANGED_span class="gmail_quote">On 10/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael Mol</b> <<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com" target="_blank" DEFANGED_onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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On 10/20/07, Bob Kline <<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com" target="_blank" DEFANGED_onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I run two versions of Linux. Kubuntu<br>>
7.04, and a recent version of Mandriva.<br>><br>> I recently acquired an external hard drive
<br>> housing, which takes IDE drives, and has<br>> a USB 2 interface.<br>><br>> When I use it I mount it using the command<br>><br>> mount -t ext3 /dev/X /disk2<br>><br>> and then proceed to transfer files.
<br><br>[snipped]<br><br>> Looking around online, it's clear this is a<br>> widespread problem. The only solid lead I've<br>> seen is to somehow suppress the "sync"<br>> function, which does seem to be standard.
<br>> It's clear how to do this using /etc/fstab, but<br>> as shown above, I don't use that for now.<br>><br>> Does anyone have any tips or suggestions?<br>> While the transfers are robust, and in a
<br>> sense everything is working, the rates are<br>> almost too slow to be of interest.<br><br>How about:<br><br>mount -t ext3 -o async /dev/X /disk2</blockquote></DEFANGED_span><p><DEFANGED_div><br>That would seem to make sense, but the
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man page for mount suggests that the <br>default is async.<br><br>One can use <br><br>mount -t ext3 -o defaults /dev/X /disk2<br><br>but its unclear why this is useful. I'm <br>assuming that one doesn't need it, but
<br>will try it just to be sure.<br><br>More later.<br><br>Thanks.<br><br> -Bob</p><DEFANGED_div></p><DEFANGED_div></blockquote><p><DEFANGED_div><br>The async option is apparently the default,<br>and has no affect on the slow transfer rates<br>I'm seeing.
<br><br>Some have wondered whether the connection<br>is somehow defaulting to a USB 1.1 mode. But <br>if so, I see no way to do anything about that.<br><br> -Bob<br><br></p><DEFANGED_div><br></p><DEFANGED_div><br>