Donncha O Caoimh wrote:
> I have an external USB drive (bought to dump photos onto) and it's very
> slow writing to it.[2]
<snip>
> [2] http://blogs.linux.ie/xeer/2005/05/19/wolverine-sixpac-and-linux/
I was about to say...
Even USB 2.0 @ 480 Mbps... in the real world, might be slower then Firewire.
http://www.cwol.com/firewire/firewire-vs-usb.htm
Of course I haven't actually benchmarked the difference, so it's
possible, I'm just plain /wrong/...
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