On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 12:17:25PM +0200, Gergely EGERVARY wrote:
> > You're creating 225 files of 128k size, which is some 28MB. The tarfile
> > will have about the same size, so if you can buffer 56MB, you're
> > in a good position. With 256MB, Linux and FreeBSD will do that,
> > NetBSD 1.5.1 will not (-current will).
> 
> I'm pre-mastering CD images (mkisofs and such) - about 1.3GB of data what
> is impossible to buffer on both NetBSD and Linux.
> 
> On NetBSD, it takes about 10 minutes, while the disk seeks like an evil.
> On Linux, it's only 2-3 minutes, without the horrible seeking.
> 
> Any solution?
> 
> I'm going to give a try for -current, and the UBC.

Yes, and the new dirpref code may help, too.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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