Hi all,
I do have a fitpc2i revision 1.1 and installed Ubuntu 10.4 on it.
Initially the "classic way", which could not boot from SATA, but from USB and later on I followed the instructions in this forum so it also works from SATA now.
What's strange is, that the time it takes to compile a kernel (ca. 15 min.), which can be used to measure hard disc performance, is about the same both from SATA and form USB.
I would expect SATA to be significantly faster than USB.
Did someone else observe this strange behaviour?
Regards,
Robert
sata vs. usb2
Re: sata vs. usb2
Is this so?What's strange is, that the time it takes to compile a kernel (ca. 15 min.), which can be used to measure hard disc performance,
Indeed, however, keep in mind that we have a SATA-PATA bridge in the fitPC2. But even PATA should be faster -- however 60MB/s is not that slow as it might seem in these times. I myself run the system completely from USB2.I would expect SATA to be significantly faster than USB.
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Re: sata vs. usb2
I don't think that kernel compilation time has any correlation with disk speed.
Anyway, USB2 will provide effective speed of 30MB/sec. SATA connector inside FitPC2 gives 60MB/sec for 5400RPM HDD, and around 90MB/sec for fast SSD.
Anyway, USB2 will provide effective speed of 30MB/sec. SATA connector inside FitPC2 gives 60MB/sec for 5400RPM HDD, and around 90MB/sec for fast SSD.