Zhang Shu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I install netbsd with the same floppy drive, it turns to be pretty > fast. So I guess this is a FreeBSD problem but do not know where it is...
FreeBSD's boot code reads the disk sector by sector rather than track by track. Last time I brought this up I was told that "it doesn't matter on modern drives"... I wouldn't be surprised if track-by-track turns out to be 18 times faster than sector-by-sector with USB drives. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
