On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 00:06, Gary Stimson wrote: > At 21:30 12/08/2004 +0100, you wrote: > >Yes you can use any filesystem and partition them under Linux. > > How does the read/write speed compare with using the on-board parallel IDE > interface? > Well it's never going to be as fast since the enclosure is connected to USB1.1, the drive onboard is ATA-100. /dev/hda: Timing buffered disk reads: 132 MB in 3.02 seconds = 43.77 MB/sec /dev/sda: Timing buffered disk reads: 44 MB in 3.05 seconds = 14.42 MB/sec From a practical point I've never found the speed a problem, but it is mostly used for listening to music at work rather than anything more demanding. -- Regards, Adam Allen. adam [at] dynamicinteraction.co.uk pgp http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x553349DB
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