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doobit

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Posted: Mar. 16 2006,18:41

I'm using 2.3RC1 at the moment, but I had 2.1b on the USB before and it was OK. I actually think 2.3RC1 powers down faster.

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Posted: Mar. 16 2006,21:13

I've tried 2.2b and 2.3rc1 and both give the same results.

I took back my 1GB Memorex Travel Drive and bought a SanDisk Cruzer Mini USB Flash Drive 512 MB instead.

Same results :angry:

Some notes that may help:
- once DSL is loaded it's speed seems to be normal
- i did a speed test with music files, and I was able to copy and move them to the usb pendrive very quickly
- therefore, the speed problem seems to be booting only
- I checked my motherboard manual and it really is usb 2.0/1.1 compatible

I want to install grub and see if this helps, but I have a feeling it won't make a difference but you never know.

Also does anybody know the command using sfdisk and changing the sectors/track??

Here is mine:
Disk /dev/sda: 512 MB, 512483328 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 488 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 50 51184 6 FAT16
/dev/sda2 51 488 448512 b W95 FAT32

I'm pretty sure this can be done without altering the usb sticks data.
I know I read it somewhere I just have to try it.
Apparently some computers run better with a higher sectors/track when it comes to usb drives. But I don't really know cuz this is all new to me. I wouldn't mind trying 64/128/256 and seeing if there is any speed difference.

Enough babble for now, any help is appreciated and thanks in advance.
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humpty

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Posted: Mar. 17 2006,06:28

I don't thnk it's the geometry. 45-50mins is ridiculous, that's like 1mb/min!
Could be a device holding things up, exactly what do you see on the screen?

doobit

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Posted: Mar. 17 2006,12:46

Do dmesg in a terminal to see if there were any hardware errors.

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desnotes

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Posted: Mar. 22 2006,11:28

What are the specs of your computer? I have heard of someone who boots with the embedded version taking 45 minutes to boot. He had an older computer with a Celeron processor and only 256MB of RAM.

Just as a test, how long does it take to boot if you boot from a CDROM?

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