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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



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