From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 28 11:55:27 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0D6916A505 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:55:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 982B613C4CE for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:55:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 16356 invoked from network); 28 Nov 2007 05:55:27 -0600 Received: from 124-170-218-216.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (124.170.218.216) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 28 Nov 2007 05:55:26 -0600 Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:55:17 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome To: Dominic Fandrey Message-ID: <20071128225517.30a8b26a@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <474BD99C.7070002@gmx.de> References: <474BD99C.7070002@gmx.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: msdosfs performance unbearable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:55:28 -0000 On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:47:24 +0100 Dominic Fandrey wrote: > ufs: > $ time -h tar -xf php_manual_en.tar.gz > 3.31s real 0.43s user 0.51s sys I've seem something similar , in the past, on 6.2, when writing to my mobile phone's mini-SD card. what does gstat show? (in particular, is any device being used 100% ?, can u relate the slowness when it hits 100% ? do other disks other than your FAT disk become saturated too? ) cheers, B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.