From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Sep 28 10: 6:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FD5537B40A for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:06:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f8SH5wk16478; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:05:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109281705.f8SH5wk16478@ptavv.es.net> To: Robert Gray Cc: "Daniel O'Connor" , Edwin Culp , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, kjerste soderberg Subject: Re: cloning laptop drives In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:18:01 MDT." <200109281418.IAA30085@calypso.boulderlabs.com> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:05:58 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > From: Robert Gray > 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