On 09-09-05 08:22:36, Roberto Ragusa wrote: > Tony Nelson wrote: > > On 09-08-30 20:06:22, Roberto Ragusa wrote: > > ... > >> I have a really slow flash (writes at 2MiB/s), so I tried to > >> increase the number; the trick was impossible for me, the > >> parameter is refused when >120. > > > > Just out of curiosity, what happens with 64? > > 64 or 60 appears to slow it down a bit (2.5MiB/s becomes 2.2MiB/s). Thanks. So it's not just a "power of 2" issue. I wonder if it is related to the size of an "erase" block (which I read are usually 64K, 128K, or 256K)? When writing is slow, there may be lots of read/alter/rewrites happening, with extra wear on the flash. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
