[iyonix-support] Re: formatting a usb storage device
- From: jb <jwb@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 20:37:36 +0100
Hi
In message <4e22388b3flists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx>
Paul Vigay <lists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <d5b035224e.jbwork@xxxxxxxxxx>,
> John Ballance <jwb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> [Snip]
>
> > Note however that mounting a scsiform formatted hdd can take even a few
> > minutes due to inefficiencies in the scsifs mount process.
>
> Indeed. Not a major problem as I usually use it as an excuse to make a cup
> of tea.
>
> For reference (and a ballpark figure), my 80GB external PC USB2 drive takes
> approx 2-3 minutes to mount, and that's approx half full with around
> 125,000 files.
slow mounting is due to the fact that filecore reads each sector of the
map separately.. rather inefficient over USB.. not actually anything to
do with how 'full' the disc is.
John
>
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John Ballance
jwb@xxxxxxxxxx
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