Thumb drive ext2 slow write speed

[Nigel Ridley]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2008/11/3 Nigel Ridley <nigel at prayingforisrael.net>:
>> I just got a new SanDisk 2GB cruzer micro and formatted it to ext2 (using qtparted).
>> I then proceeded to copy just under 600MB of data --- it took more than 10 minutes! What's going
>> on? Is it because of ext2? Should I reformat it as ext3?
>> This is on a Dell Inspiron 1525 (with USB 2).
>>
>> Blessings,
>>
>> Nigel
> 
> Do you have any particular reason for formatting as ext2? USB flash
> drives are very good for using across multiple computers, therefore I
> format as FAT 32 so that the occasional Windows machine will recognize
> it. I have the same drive, by the way, though I am not sure what speed
> it runs at.
> 

Yes, as a backup of important files that I change day-by-day, and therefore I want to keep 
permissions etc.

Blessings,

Nigel

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