<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Adam Sweet <drinky76@yahoo.com><br>To: Wolverhampton Linux User Group <wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk><br>Sent: Sunday, 7 October, 2007 2:40:39 PM<br>Subject: Re: [Wolves] Slow file transfer in Ubuntu 7.04<br><br><div>--- Mo Awkati <mawkati@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:<br><br>> Hi folk<br>> <br>> Ever since I installed Ubuntu I have always<br>> experienced slow transfer rates if I drag and drop<br>> from one folder to another. It seems to be slowest<br>> when transferring photos. DMA is enabled. I have<br>> not experienced this with any distros. This is also<br>> the case if I
am burning a DVD, e.g. Linux Format<br>> DVD it is very very slow, almost in the order of an<br>> hour to burn it? The hardware is OK.<br><br>Hey Mo (where you goin to with that gun in your hand*)<br><br>I don't know of any Ubuntu issues which would cause<br>this kind of problem, but I did come across an article<br>today which discusses disk performannce:<br><br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-fast-is-linux-sata-hard-disk.html">http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-fast-is-linux-sata-hard-disk.html</a><br><br>It's more specifically about SATA and in fact<br>discussing read speeds, where your issue is more<br>likely write speed, but perhaps it will take you in<br>the right direction.<br><br>I would be worth searching Google for variations of<br>'ubuntu <disk make and model>', swapping in the word<br>'linux' for 'ubuntu' and adding the word 'speed', just<br>to see if anyone else is seeing a problem with the<br>same
disk.<br><br>If not then I think your down to reading hdparm<br>tutorials, looking for indicators of poor performance<br>and working out what needs to be tweaked.<br><br>Sorry I don't have a proper answer.<br><br>Ad<br><br>* A gag on Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix if it wasn't<br>already obvious. Comedy legend, me :)<br></div></div><br>Hi Ad<br><br>I did email a reply yesterday but it seems to have gone missing in the wires!<br><br>Thanks for explaining the gag. I had it all including flyMo, Monarch (as in airlines), Mohair ( I am a pilot in my spare time)!<br><br>I will follow your pointers.<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Mo<br><br><br></div></div><br>
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