Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:05:58 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Robert Gray <bob@cs.colorado.edu> Cc: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, Edwin Culp <eculp@EnContacto.Net>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, kjerste soderberg <kjerstes@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: cloning laptop drives Message-ID: <200109281705.f8SH5wk16478@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:18:01 MDT." <200109281418.IAA30085@calypso.boulderlabs.com>
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> From: Robert Gray <bob@cs.colorado.edu> > Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:18:01 -0600 > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG > > Yes, like Daniel says, large block sizes (I use 32K or 64K) > and separate IDE controllers make a huge difference. > > You may as well use the "raw" devices to transfer directly > into user space. Very minor nit, but in FreeBSD 4.3 the raw and cooked devices are really the same thing, so it really makes no difference if you use /dev/ad0 or /dev/rad0. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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