sad fact, i have to switch to linux because USB2 disk is too slow on BSD

03-30-2009	#1 (permalink)
bobdoll Just Joined! Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4	sad fact, i have to switch to linux because USB2 disk is too slow on BSD Hi, I tried everything to get my new 1T USB2 disk to run at more than 8M/s on BSD, but i can't get it to run faster. On the same exact config linux give me up to 50M/s, so even thought i really like BSD i will switch that home server to linux just for the better USB2 transfer rate. SAD.

03-30-2009	#2 (permalink)
bigtomrodney /etc/init.d/moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sunny South-East of Ireland Posts: 6,038	That sucks....but all the same welcome to Linux and the forums __________________ Registered Linux user #378740 New members read here / Forum Rules #linuxforums on irc.freenode.net

05-07-2009	#3 (permalink)
technossomy Linux User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 324	It is unclear why BSD gels so poorly with USB drives and USB sticks: performance is subpar and the OS becomes unstable at times. It is only recently that USB images came out that allow one to install BSD from a stick, but even that is hardly worth it for performance reasons.

08-13-2009

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Originally Posted by bobdoll

Hi,

I tried everything to get my new 1T USB2 disk to run at more than 8M/s on BSD, but i can't get it to run faster.

On the same exact config linux give me up to 50M/s, so even thought i really like BSD i will switch that home server to linux just for the better USB2 transfer rate.

SAD.

how did you try to get your disk to run at more than 8M/s on BSD? and what the version of bsd do you use?

08-14-2009	#5 (permalink)
sarumont Content Team Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: /dev/urandom Posts: 3,682	The USB stack has been rewritten for 8.0. Did you try 8.0? I don't have any USB2 flash disks or HDDs around to test on my 8.0 machine, but 8.0's USB2 performance should be much improved. __________________ "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so." ~Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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