From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 22 13:58:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA01671 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 13:58:02 -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 NAA01665 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 13:57:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA26548; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 15:57:51 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199712222157.PAA26548@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Zip drives horrendously slow To: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper) Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 15:57:51 -0600 (CST) Cc: henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19971222145240.28683@ct.picker.com> from Randall Hopper at "Dec 22, 97 02:52:40 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, Randall Hopper said: > Charles Henrich: > |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" ? > > Paul T. Root: > |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... > > I'm very satisified with the speed of my SCSI ZIP. Pretty fast IMO. > > We should qualify that the Syquest may be a better choice for speed. For > other concerns, not necessarily. I've slipped and dropped a ZIP disk a few > times, but haven't winced and prayed; just picked it up. The price of the > disks is nice as well. I've never given my 135 disks a second thought. Plus there only about $20. I think CompUSA has a deal for 3 for $40 or so, I don't remember the actual price. The big thing for me is that the Syquest is real SCSI.