From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 19 10:34:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA06386 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 10:34:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA06380 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 10:34:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA14113; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 12:34:29 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199712191834.MAA14113@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Zip drives horrendously slow To: kpielorz@tdx.co.uk (Karl Pielorz) Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 12:34:29 -0600 (CST) Cc: henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <349AB39D.62C08A40@tdx.co.uk> from Karl Pielorz at "Dec 19, 97 05:49:17 pm" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Karl Pielorz said: > That sounds like it might be normal... Some PC's have quicker parallel ports > (if the drivers will support them) - but even my PP200 goes 'dozy' when > copying stuff to the Zip, no matter if it's under '95, NT, DOS or BSD... :-( > > In fact, I was really wishing I'd bought the SCSI one instead... ;-) The SCSI would have helped, but the ZIPs are still slow. Something like 35 msec. A better choice is the Syquest drives. They are all around 10msec (9-13 depending on which one). I have 2 EZ135s (one work, one home) and my friend just bought a SyJet (1.5 gig) that he uses as the boot disk, 1 for Win95, 1 for FreeBSD, etc... > Kp > > Charles Henrich wrote: > > > > Does anyone know of any zip drivers that are in user space, or behave nicely > > in kernel space? If I do a copy to a zip disk with the ppb drivers the entire > > system goes into space, taking minutes to launch apps and other fun stuff. > > Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong, of if this is "normal" ? > > > > -Crh > > > > Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu > > > > http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich > -- Don't Panic --Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy