[iyonix-support] Re: formatting a usb storage device

  • From: Paul Vigay <lists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 12:03:20 +0100

In article <d5b035224e.jbwork@xxxxxxxxxx>,
   John Ballance <jwb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> 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.

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