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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB mass storage device slow in Gentoo, fast in Windows...? [SOLVED]
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On 5 Jan 2010, at 06:21, Mick wrote:
>> ...
>> Solved. The problem was CFQ I/O scheduler. It was several times =
slower
>> than the others, for whatever reason.
>> ...
>=20
> Hmmm ... reading at the help files I thought that CFQ was the =
default/best=20
> option for a desktop.  Is there such a thing as a best fit here?

I had this notion that it was the worst option for everything, unless =
your computer has 96+ CPUs.

Stroller.