On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 17:33 -0600, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > >>>>> "CM" == Charlie McVeigh <cmcveigh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > CM> However when automounted on my FC3 desktop the write speed is > CM> still 24 minutes to write the same 4.5 MB file. Fast on Windows > CM> slow on Fedora - any one have any suggestions? > > It will be slow if mounted with the "sync" option. Under FC3 this is > the default; I hacked HAL to drop the "sync". My hacked HAL packages > are at http://www.math.uh.edu/~tibbs/rpms/hal-nosync/ > > These packages also include the fix for the floppy mounting problem. > > - J< > > Thanks for the responses so far. The Jump Drive is being mounted with the sync option. Is it possible to change a configuration file to get the desired mount without the sync option? If I need to install the RPM's from the link above do I install them all? Thanks.