On Apr 6, 2005 1:41 PM, Richard B. Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> How would you know? Windows will just run it as PIOW and be done
> with it.
Yes, but there's a way to know which mode you're using (maybe not
precisely, but at least PIO vs DMA).
> Did you ever try to copy a large file in XP? Try it.
> Try the same thing in linux on the same hardware. You don't need
> a stop-watch. On Win-XP, a 10 megabyte file (hardly large) takes
> about 10 seconds. That's 1 megabyte/second. Linux tries to be
> a bit faster.
Usually, I only have Linux on any hardware I have ;) And there is no
point comparing these things here...
--
Julien
PS: Sorry Richard, I forgot my "reply to all" button...
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