khromy wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 08:24:54PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > >khromy wrote: > >> > >>When I copy a file(13Megs) from /home/ to /tmp/, sync takes almost 2 minutes. > >>When I copy the same file to /usr/local/, sync returns almost right away. > > > >Gad. Please, mount those filesystems as ext2 and retest. > > I just did, same exact behavior.. Anything else? > Possibly what is happening is that the /tmp partition lies on a part of the disk which has a higher platter transfer speed and this higher speed is causing retries or other problems further down the chain. You could have a fiddle with hdparm, try slowing down the interface speed. Try a different set of cables, too. -
