Messages in this thread | | | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: Extremely slow IO with a PCMCIA CompactFlash adapter | Date | Sun, 2 Aug 2009 15:38:45 +0200 |
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On Saturday 01 August 2009 16:02:22 Jack Byer wrote: > I have an old digital camera that stores its pictures on a 340 MB IBM > microdrive. I am trying to transfer to pictures from the camera to my > computer but can not find the special non-standard USB cable. The > camera did come with a CompactFlash to PCMCIA adapter, so tried > connecting it to my laptop. I was able to install the correct modules > and mount the drive, but accessing it is very slow (5.0 kBps read / > 3.8 kBps write). Is this expected behavior? Is there any setup I am > missing that would make this faster?
Get 2.6.31-rc5 kernel.
Set:
CONFIG_IDE=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECS=m
in the kernel config.
Build, install, reboot.
Load ide-cs module.
Enjoy the speed increase using /dev/hda.
You may try "hdparm -c1 /dev/hda" for an extra enjoyment.
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