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From: n952162 <n952162@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] why is writing to an async-mounted USB disk so slow?
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 15:54:21
Message-Id: b19452c2-3c08-0ce7-3893-6f2d463cad1a@web.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] why is writing to an async-mounted USB disk so slow? by Mick
1 Okay, thank you, I'll try that (in (33 - 24) hours ;-) )
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4 On 11/02/19 16:40, Mick wrote:
5 > On Saturday, 2 November 2019 15:15:31 GMT n952162 wrote:
6 >> I'm getting 13k bps writing to a Toshiba 3T drive over a USB/Sata
7 >> connection. It' take 33 hours to transfer a 200meg file.
8 >>
9 >> I mounted it async but then see that ext4 ignores the async option on
10 >> mounts.
11 >>
12 >> What am I doing wrong?
13 > Probably nothing, other than using a faulty port/cable and/or faulty drive.
14 > Have a look at dmesg and syslog for I/O errors.
15 >
16 > Have you tried a different port and different USB cable? Unless it is an
17 > eSATA, in which case you will need an eSATA port/cable.
18 >

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Re: [gentoo-user] why is writing to an async-mounted USB disk so slow? Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>