On 5/26/05, Hans-Werner Hilse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I've got an external USB 2.0 HD with two fat32 partitions (I have to
> > use fat32 to make them work with windows). What troubles with me with
> > drive is that in windows I get the expected transfer speed, but in
> > linux it just won't get faster than 1Mb/s.
> 
> Do you use the usb-storage driver or the usb block device drive (which
> mentions things like "slow" and "cpu-hungry" and "unstable" in the
> kernel config option's help page)? Could you C&P the relevant parts
> from the kernel logs when the drivers are loaded (USB host adapter and
> device)?

Hmm, I've configured the USB bit of the kernel a long time ago and
have since always used 'make oldconfig'. I didn't know that there were
2 different device drivers available. I'll have a look as soon as I'll
be back home.

Thanks for the hint,
Jan

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