Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:33:52 +0000 From: Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de> To: Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB2 external hard drive too slow .... Message-ID: <402CFC70.6050202@ant.uni-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <402CE6F1.3040903@ant.uni-bremen.de> References: <200311011608.44388.ioang@verizon.net> <402CE6F1.3040903@ant.uni-bremen.de>
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Heinrich Rebehn wrote: > ivan georgiev wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I just bought 80GB WD USB2 hard drive. Everything works. I have >> formated it with ext2 file system, so that I can share file with >> linux. But the problem is that it is very slow compared to linux. When >> I transfered some files under linux the speed of the transfer is >> somewhere around 10MB/s but under freebsd (5-1p10) it is not more than >> 1MB/s :( >> >> Is it running in USB1 mode? Can I make it run faster? >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> Ivan >> > > Hi Ivan, > did you get any reply to your posting? I am having the same problem: > Maxtor 250 GB external USB2 drive, Belkin USB2 card, FreeBSD 5.1, but i > get only < 1MB/sec. > > Does FreeBSD support USB 2.0 at all? > > Thanks for any help > > Heinrich > Sorry, i should have done some more research before asking. I compiled in the ehci device and am now getting > 10MB/sec. Heinrich
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